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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.
Rules regarding the use of cells derived from human embryos will deny many US researchers the chance to study new stem-cell lines created by cloning.
Regular supplies of food for scavenger birds in Spain may not be the most effective conservation strategy, as smaller birds are bullied away.
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.
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Yale University evolutionary biologist Steven Brady studies the evolutionary impacts of roads on the amphibians.
Long-term stroke patients involved in a small-scale clinical trial of a neural stem-cell therapy show signs of recovery.
A study demonstrating the production of human stem cells through cloning contained several mislabeled images, but the authors insist the results are real.
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