Scientists have shed new light on how certain biological processes determine the development of neural cells. Their findings on a molecular 'bridge' complex demonstrate a new level of detail in the ...

A new Yale study reveals that major organ systems in the body aren't just passive structures operating on directions from ...

As an embryo grows, there is a continuous stream of communication between cells to form tissues and organs. Cells need to read numerous cues from their environment, and these may be chemical or ...

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have developed a method that shows how the nervous system and sensory organs are formed in an embryo. By labeling stem cells with a genetic 'barcode', they have ...

• Establishing pharmacologically relevant exposure levels and engagement are two key steps in target validation. • There is a need for better biomarkers to objectively measure biological states and ...

In 2020, researchers engineered living, programmable organisms from Xenopus laevis, calling them xenobots, which could self-assemble and even reproduce. Building on this work, scientists later ...

If you and your family are happily engaging one another without staring into electronic devices, your brains and ...

Many people are familiar with oncogenes - genes long known to be involved in cancers in humans, such as the gene "Src." What's less widely understood is that oncogenes didn't evolve just to cause ...