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Hormone Therapy Triggers Male Gene Patterns in Transgender Men’s Cells

Holly Barker, PhD | Mar 15, 2023 | 3 min read

A study deepens the scientific understanding of how androgens influence breast tissue, which may offer clues to treating breast cancer.

The Heart Can Directly Influence Our Emotions

Natalia Mesa, PhD | Mar 1, 2023 | 4 min read

Researchers find that an increased heart rate can induce anxiety in mice, given the right context.

Exosomes, microvesicles, and apoptotic bodies: The three major types of extracellular vesicle.

Extracellular Vesicles: Applications and Potential

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences | 1 min read

Explore why extracellular vesicles are attractive candidates for new therapeutic approaches.

The Skin Battery

Sally Adee | Mar 1, 2023 | 4 min read

The “wound current” has intrigued scientists for more than a century. It could turn out to be the key to healing catastrophic injuries.

A fingerprint with three sections colored

Finally, Scientists Uncover the Genetic Basis of Fingerprints

James M. Gaines | Feb 23, 2023 | 4 min read

Much like with a zebra’s stripes or a leopard’s spots, Turing patterns explain how the distinctive patterns of human fingerprints form, a study finds.

Developing Aptamer Biosensor Technology for Diagnostics and Therapeutics

Expanding the Available Target Range for New Drugs and Diagnostics with Aptamers

The Scientist’s Creative Services Team and aptamer Group | 1 min read

In this roundtable discussion, an expert panel will discuss how the latest applications of aptamer technology are enabling innovation across the life sciences by replacing antibodies.

Artist's rendering of rod-shaped bacteria

Gut Microbiomes Offer Insights into Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Shafaq Zia | Feb 21, 2023 | 2 min read

Levels of health-promoting gut bacteria are linked with severity of fatigue symptoms, a study finds.

A 3D medical illustration of a human heart with a cardiogram in the foreground and a blue background that includes DNA helices.

Connecting the Complexities of Heart Failure and Aging

Deanna MacNeil, PhD | Feb 13, 2023 | 3 min read

Researchers learned how IGFBP7, a senescence signaling protein and biomarker, promotes cardiac remodeling and cellular aging.

Large-Scale Proteomics Drives Disease Research

Driving Disease Research and Therapeutics with Large-Scale Proteomics

The Scientist’s Creative Services Team and SomaLogic | 1 min read

Explore how technology enables large-scale proteomics for biomarker discovery and clinical application.

a mouse moves away from the camera, its left leg caught in a cloth

Scientists Discover New “Superfast” Muscle Fibers in Mouse Limbs

Katherine Irving | Feb 9, 2023 | 4 min read

Fast twitch fibers like these could one day be used to treat diseases like Parkinson’s.

The face of a young woman and the face of an old man surrounded by mechanical clocks.

Daily Gene Expression Rhythms Vary with Sex and Age: Study

Alejandra Manjarrez, PhD | Feb 2, 2023 | 3 min read

By studying tissues from deceased people, a team found that women have more rhythmical gene expression and that this molecular rhythmicity decreases with age.

An Introduction to Enzymes

The Scientist’s Creative Services Team | 1 min read

Discover how enzymes work and why they're an integral part of scientific laboratories.

a centrifuge from a birds-eye view, spinning quickly with a colored blur

Scientists Use Centrifuge to Discover a Hormone

Katherine Irving | Jan 23, 2023 | 3 min read

A new method for isolating extracellular fluid aims to discover molecules with therapeutic potential that were previously obscured by highly abundant proteins.

A younger-looking mouse next to an older-looking one

Epigenetic Manipulations Can Accelerate or Reverse Aging in Mice

Alejandra Manjarrez, PhD | Jan 12, 2023 | 4 min read

Repairing damaged DNA appears to drive aging by causing the loss of epigenetic information, but restoring that information reverses such effects, a study finds.