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Lab-Grown Mouse Embryos Form Limbs and Organs
Lab-Grown Mouse Embryos Form Limbs and Organs
The embryos completed one-third of their total gestation outside of a uterus.
Lab-Grown Mouse Embryos Form Limbs and Organs
Lab-Grown Mouse Embryos Form Limbs and Organs

The embryos completed one-third of their total gestation outside of a uterus.

The embryos completed one-third of their total gestation outside of a uterus.

genetics & genomics, cell & molecular biology, developmental biology

Siobhán Brady Uses Big Data to Investigate Plant Development
Shawna Williams | Feb 1, 2021 | 3 min read
The University of California, Davis, professor is a pioneer in teasing apart the changes in gene expression that drive root development.
model organism, zebrafish, sponge, cell &molecular biology, genetics & genomics, enhancer, transcription, non-coding DNA, gene regulation, evolution
Regulators of Gene Activity in Animals Are Deeply Conserved
Amanda Heidt | Nov 6, 2020 | 5 min read
Enhancers, short regions of DNA that direct gene expression, of species separated by 700 million years of evolution worked interchangeably, according to a new study.
Infographic: Anatomical Construction by Cell Collectives
Michael Levin | Sep 1, 2020 | 3 min read
Understanding this complex and still largely enigmatic process will pave the way for researchers to control the development of new morphologies.
How Groups of Cells Cooperate to Build Organs and Organisms
Michael Levin | Sep 1, 2020 | 10+ min read
Understanding biology’s software—the rules that enable great plasticity in how cell collectives generate reliable anatomies—is key to advancing tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.
Gene Splicing Pioneer Dale Kaiser Dies
Ashley Yeager | Jun 29, 2020 | 5 min read
Working with a virus that infects bacteria, the Stanford University biochemist and developmental biologist helped to develop a way to stitch DNA together, a discovery that gave rise to genetic engineering.
How a Pea Aphid Decides to Make Wings or Not
Viviane Callier | Jun 1, 2020 | 2 min read
Wing development in females is environmentally controlled, but in males, an insertion on the sex chromosome appears to dictate whether the insects grow wings, according to a study.
Killifish Embryos Pause Development Without Consequence: Study
Lisa Winter | Feb 21, 2020 | 3 min read
Contrary to popular thinking, the period of arrested development is an active state of maintaining muscle integrity.
Captivated by Chromosomes
Anna Azvolinsky | Dec 1, 2017 | 8 min read
Peering through a microscope since age 14, Joseph Gall, now 89, still sees wonder at the other end.
New Techniques Detail Embryos’ First Hours and Days
Jef Akst | Dec 1, 2017 | 10+ min read
New technologies reveal the dynamic changes in mouse and human embryos during the first week after fertilization.
Leaving an Imprint
Anna Azvolinsky | Aug 1, 2015 | 8 min read
Among the first to discover epigenetic reprogramming during mammalian development, Wolf Reik has been studying the dynamics of the epigenome for 30 years.
Mr. Epigenetics
The Scientist | Jul 31, 2015 | 1 min read
Meet Wolf Reik, August Profilee and Babraham Institute director of research.
From Many, One
Elena E. Giorgi | Apr 1, 2015 | 10+ min read
Diverse mammals, including humans, have been found to carry distinct genomes in their cells. What does such genetic chimerism mean for health and disease?
Eggs Trade Genes
Ruth Williams | Oct 24, 2012 | 3 min read
Swapping chromosomes from one human egg to another could eliminate mitochondrial DNA mutations that cause disease.
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