Editor's choice in developmental biology
Legal battles over gene patents and uncooperative patent holders threaten the widespread implementation of personalized medicine
Is DNA damage an inevitable consequence of epigenetic reprogramming?
Postdoc forced to leave position after questioning the reproducibility of advisor's data
Two sisters -- a developmental biologist and high-end fashion designer -- team up to develop a couture collection inspired by the first 1,000 hours of embryonic life
| May 14, 2011
There are a surprising number of unknowns about how our limbs come to be symmetrical.
By forging new relationships and finding novel uses for existing technologies, this year’s top companies are employing creative ways to advance their science.
Floral bouquets are the most ephemeral of presents. The puzzle of how flowers get their shape, however, is more enduring. It’s a question that has kept Enrico Coen, a plant biologist at the John Innes Centre in the United Kingdom, busy for more than