A human appetite hormone, bombesin, also controls feeding in starfish, showing it evolved over 500 million years ago. A team of biologists at Queen Mary University of London has discovered that a ...

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

Biologists have discovered that bombesin, a neurohormone controlling appetite in humans, also regulates feeding in starfish, ...

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

Although he was initially surprised that this neuropeptide promoted autotomy, Elphick noted that, in retrospect, it is logical for a molecule that stops feeding to also stimulate arm shedding, since ...

Scientists discovered that crabs eat young crown-of-thorns starfish, reducing their population before they damage coral reefs.

Researchers have found crabs are key predators of juvenile crown-of-thorns starfish and could be a hidden link to what ...

Dr. Weiling Huang, a former Ph.D. student in the Elphick lab and lead author of the study, investigated how ArBN affects starfish feeding behavior. Starfish have a unique way of eating ...

Biologists have discovered that bombesin, a neurohormone controlling appetite in humans, also regulates feeding in starfish, revealing its ancient evolutionary origin dating back over 500 million ...