UK biologists traced the evolution of this neurohormone known as bombesin beyond mammals. Search led them to bombesin-like ...

A tiny molecule called bombesin links starfish and humans in appetite control, revealing a surprising evolutionary connection.

The discovery could help develop new Ozempic-like weight-loss drugs. The post Study finds hormone controlling appetite comes ...

A team of biologists at Queen Mary University of London has discovered that a neurohormone controlling appetite in humans has ...

Scientists have discovered that bombesin, a hunger-regulating hormone found in humans, dates back over 500 million years and ...

A team of biologists at Queen Mary University of London has discovered that a neurohormone controlling appetite in humans has an ancient evolutionary origin, dating back over half a billion years.

While not exactly “healing” cockroaches can live for weeks without their heads due to their unique nervous system and ability to heal minor injuries.

By helmutvogler The findings, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, reveal that this ...

By analysing the genomes of invertebrate animals, they discovered genes encoding bombesin-like neurohormones in the common starfish (Asterias rubens) and other echinoderms, such as sea urchins and ...