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| March 1, 2013
Meet some of the people featured in the March 2013 issue of The Scientist.
| March 1, 2013
Meet some of the people featured in the March 2013 issue of The Scientist.
During development, communication between organs determines their relative final size.
Protein aggregates in the brains of some people with dementia or motor neuron disease have a surprising origin.
Collective cell migration relies on a directional signal that comes from the moving cluster, rather than from external cues.
Watch the cell transplant experiments in zebrafish that suggest certain embryonic cells rely on intrinsic directional cues for collective migration.
Scientists use virus-free gene therapy on patient-derived stem cells to repair spinal muscular atrophy in mice.
An NIH study finds that the former NFL linebacker who committed suicide last May had signs of degenerative brain disease.
The science images and videos that captured our attention in 2012
Misfolded α-synuclein proteins promote the spread of Parkinson’s pathology in mouse brains.
New noninvasive methods of selecting the most viable embryo could revolutionize in vitro fertilization.