Watch the cell transplant experiments in zebrafish that suggest certain embryonic cells rely on intrinsic directional cues for collective migration.
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.
| November 1, 2012
Meet some of the people featured in the November 2012 issue of The Scientist.
Large RNA-protein packets use a novel mechanism to escape the cell nucleus.
Swapping chromosomes from one human egg to another could eliminate mitochondrial DNA mutations that cause disease.