public health, developmental biology

The lungs of extremely premature lambs supported in a closed, sterile environment that enables fluid-based gas exchange grow and develop normally, researchers report.

Transcytosis, suppression of vesicle traffic across cells, helps reduce permeability in the blood-retinal barrier during development.

Researchers report growing a mouse embryo using two types of early stem cells.

Instrumental in launching Arabidopsis thaliana as a model system, Elliot Meyerowitz has since driven the use of computational modeling to study developmental biology.

Children born to obese parents are at increased risk of failing motor development and cognitive tests, according to an NIH-led study.

Sequencing and gene-editing advances make tracing a cell’s journey throughout development easier than ever.

Neuroscientists identify how the left and right hemispheres of the mammalian brain connect during development.

A new study is rewriting 50 years of biological dogma by suggesting that mature blood cells develop much more rapidly from stem cells than previously thought.

Biologist Christopher Coe answers readers’ questions about the prescient organ.

This year marks the 150th anniversary of an autopsy report describing the first known case of a sexual development disorder.

The animal world is full of clever solutions to bioengineering challenges.

The National Institutes of Health shutters its initiative to track the health of 100,000 children through adulthood.

A study documents boys with autism who were exposed to elevated levels of testosterone, cortisol, and other hormones in utero.

Doctors implant custom-made organs, built from a tissue sample and a biodegradable scaffold, into four female patients born with underdeveloped or missing vaginas.

New research suggests that the wooly beasts may have succumbed to a shrinking gene pool or intense environmental pressures as their species went extinct.

Once believed to be irrevocably differentiated, mature cells are now proving to be flexible, able to switch identities with relatively simple manipulation.

Fueled by her love of visual data and addicted to chromosomes, Abby Dernburg continues to study how homologous chromosomes find each other during gamete formation.

Researchers seek insight into the pigmentation patterns of guppies and zebrafish.

Assistant Professor, Physics, Princeton University. Age: 39

Researchers show that genetic enhancer elements likely contribute to face shape in mice.