An ancient viral insertion silences LINC00662 in chimpanzee cells, while the gene is active during early human brain ...

A Lund University study connects repetitive noncoding DNA with a gene-regulatory pathway that influences developmental timing ...

Pandemics are scourges, but one that afflicted primates millions of years ago separated the evolution of chimpanzees from ...

Scientists have discovered why common marmosets have unusually small, smooth brains despite starting development much like ...

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have built a cross-species atlas of gene regulatory networks governing ...

A landmark centre aims to discover exactly how the human brain develops for the very first time.The new Medical Research ...

Common marmosets have nearly smooth brains, unlike most primates, and a team at the German Primate Center in Göttingen now ...

The human brain continues to develop for two decades. To study this prolonged process, researchers have traditionally relied on donated human brain tissue and animal models, both of which have ...

The neonatal period, which is defined as the first 28 days after birth, is known to be a crucial stage in the development of the human brain. During this stage, the brain is known to grow ...

Neuroscientists have made a major advance in modeling the human brain in mice, offering a new way to study conditions like ...

Analysis of nearly 30,000 brain scans yields detailed timeline of how the brain matures — and hints at the consequences of disrupting it.

A landmark centre aims to discover exactly how the human brain develops from infancy for the very first time. The new £50 ...