Researchers identify the signaling program that enables finger and toenail stem cells to direct digit regeneration after amputation.
Researchers identify the signaling program that enables finger and toenail stem cells to direct digit regeneration after amputation.
In avian species, a gene induces programmed cell death during development in the area where a phallus would otherwise grow.
In the fruit fly, the ability of neural stem cells to make the full repertoire of neurons is regulated by the movement of key genes to the nuclear periphery.
Researchers track DNA modifications and gene expression in stem cells as they differentiate.
Fossilized skeletal remains of the hominid Australopithecus sediba add to the puzzle of human evolution.
Plastic bones and organs based on CT scans could educate students or prepare surgeons to perform complicated operations.
Satellites of the Golgi apparatus generate the microtubules used to grow outer dendrite branches in Drosophila neurons.
Microarrays help keep induced pluripotent stem cell lines in check, from start to finish.
Flies turning blue help researchers link the deterioration of the intestinal barrier to age-related death.
Tooth-like structures on the skin of a South American fish might serve as high-velocity water-flow detectors.