Sox9, a master regulator of cartilage formation, switches its target genes dynamically during embryonic limb development ...

When do peripheral nerves develop? Researchers used "mosaic barcodes" to prove that neural crest cells commit to their ...

A signaling pathway best known for shaping the brain before birth also helps govern how adults learn, adapt, and persist in ...

The embryonic receptor "Smoothened" regulates dopamine and acetylcholine timing to control learning and habit formation in ...

Neurobots—xenobots with neurons—show self-organized nervous systems and enhanced behaviors, revealing new insights into how ...

If I asked you to name an animal with stripes, you’d probably come up with zebras or tigers. But what if I told you humans can also fall into this category?

For the first time, a stem cell model has produced a structure resembling an early human embryo with a yolk-sac-like structure, from a single starting stem cell population and without direct genetic ...

The model demonstrates never-before-seen potential in human pluripotent stem cells Key takeawaysFor the first time, stem cells typically considered ...

One of the most fundamental questions in biology is how a single fertilized egg produces the diverse cell types making up the body – from neurons and skin to muscle and blood – that bear the same ...

A salamander that can regrow a severed leg has just handed scientists their clearest molecular clue yet about how the trick ...