He was startled because the gene appears to be essential to all mammals. A mouse engineered without NOVA1 will die during development. Nothing in Dr. Darnell’s research had hinted that the gene ...
Researchers modified mice to carry the human NOVA1 variant. Credit: Rama / CC BY-SA 2.0 Researchers have identified a gene that could help explain how humans developed spoken language. The gene, known ...
A new contender for a human 'language gene' can change the way that mice squeak when it is incorporated into their DNA. The gene is called NOVA1, and in our own species, it is remarkably unique. While ...
Mice without the SCN1B gene experience seizures and 100 percent mortality just three weeks after birth. Using mouse models, the investigative team, led by Chunling Chen, M.D., and Yukun Yuan ...
But this is no ordinary squeak. It is a strange, complex sound, unlike anything heard from a mouse before. The difference lies in a single gene — a gene that may hold the key to one of humanity ...
July 12, 2024 — Researchers have used gene editing to restore hearing in adult mice with a type of inherited hearing loss. They showed that shutting down a damaged copy of a gene called a ...
B-lymphocyte-induced maturation protein-1 (Blimp1), is an evolutionarily conserved transcriptional regulator originally described as a repressor of gene transcription. Blimp1 crucially regulates ...
Putting the uniquely human version of a certain gene into mice changed the way that those animals vocalized to each other, suggesting that this gene may play a role in speech and language. Mice make a ...
The common house mouse (Mus musculus) is one of the most familiar animals on the planet. Mouse gestation periods are short, which means that a couple of mice can quickly turn into many mice. There are ...