600-million-year-old body blueprint found in sea anemones

A new study from the University of Vienna reveals that sea anemones use a molecular mechanism known from bilaterian animals to form their back-to-belly body axis. This mechanism (“BMP shuttling”) enables cells to organize themselves during development by interpreting signaling gradients. The findings, published in Science Advances, suggest that this system evolved much earlier than…

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Police must ‘do their bit’ on funding, minister warns

Kate Whannel Political reporter BBC The science and technology secretary has urged police to “do their bit” to “embrace change” as the Home Office and the Treasury continue negotiations over this week’s Spending Review. Peter Kyle told the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg that “every part of society was struggling” and the chancellor was facing…

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