Science news articles about 'external cues'

... external or internal signals. Although earlier work revealed that an external cue from retinoic acid is needed, new research shows that embryonic germ cells must first express the ...

... many organisms are well known, but what has not been clear is whether these cycles are just responses to external cues of light, dark, heat, and cold, or if there are internal clocks that are set and ...

... their activities. Tyrosine kinases, extremely well-studied enzymes that act as receivers for external cues such as a growth signals and relay their message within cells by attaching tiny phosphate ...

... . "But it does increase stem cell growth similar to c-Myc." "This is a good start toward using external cues instead of genetic manipulation to reprogram cells," says Marson. ...

... in the brain are malleable, turning on or off in response to internal and external cues. While genetic variation influences brain function and social behavior, the authors write, social ...

... decision was one's own 'free choice'. Free choices can be defined as actions occurring when external cues are largely absent – for example, deciding which dish to choose from a restaurant menu. The ...

... disinhibition – eating even when full; awareness – being aware of how food looks, tastes and smells; external cues – eating in response to environmental cues, such as advertising; emotional ...

... getting acted upon by signals coming from the outside in. Rather, they produce internal cues that interact with external cues to grow." The growth of new blood vessels can be stimulated by cascades ...

... coli (E.coli) in a simple synthetic circuit. When the colony of bacteria was stimulated by external cues, some of the cells went to the "on" position and grew more slowly, while the rest went to the ...

... autism.’” But, after decades of painstaking basic research on how the brain rewires itself in response to external cues, Bear has discovered a way to reverse the symptoms of Fragile X Syndrome, a ...