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Marina Sanaki-Matsumiya figured out how to grow human somites in a dish through a process that mirrors the tissue’s development in the embryo.

To see if the spiky fish shares signaling pathways found in other organisms, scientists scooped up specimens during a mating frenzy on the shores of Japan.

The eel-like lamprey can return to normal swimming and burrowing after suffering a severed spinal cord twice.

The test uses levels of plasma amyloid-β to estimate the buildup of protein plaques in the brain.

A newly discovered sister species to the hero shrew shares its spine of steel, hinting at the evolution and function of the super-strong anatomical structure.

Researchers with financial ties to a company that makes a popular back surgery product overlooked the product’s adverse side effects.