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developmental biology

developmental biology

Side-by-side images show different patterns under a microscope. One is more condensed and crinkled in rows, while the other has flatter whorls like the surface of a brain.

How Genetics and Physics Interact To Form the Gut

October 22, 2024

Studies illuminate connection between biology, physical forces in embryonic development

Two side-by-side microscopic images show purple blobs with individual cell nuclei glowing in shades of blue, green, and pink

The Surprisingly Simple Recipe for Starting to Grow a Limb

February 5, 2024

Study illuminates development, could inform limb regeneration efforts

Rows of gray ovals with greet dots inside

How the Heart Starts Beating

September 27, 2023

Researchers discover that heart cells in developing zebrafish start beating suddenly and all at once

Microscope image shows a round conglomeration of cells dyed purple and yellow

A 3D Model for Studying Human Spine Development

December 21, 2022

Scientists recreate ticking “segmentation clock” in organoids

Two micrographs side by side wih green-stained cells arranged in different patterns

Acid Test

June 29, 2020

Study finds pH connects metabolism and cell signaling, illuminating development, cancer

Fossil spine and tail of an ancient fish

A Fish Called Spondo

June 25, 2020

Study bolsters confidence that fish can provide useful models of human spine biology, disorders

Two microscopy images show long glia in purple with long green neuron (top) and long blue neuron (bottom) overlapping

Retro Style

February 12, 2020

‘Backward’ neural growth, shared connection provide new clues to development, disease

Portrait of a bearded man in glasses through a fish tank he is holding

Diving Deep

January 31, 2020

Understanding skeletal conditions with fish models

Field of hundreds or thousands of cells glow green against a black background

Backbone of Success

January 8, 2020

Researchers achieve first stem cell models of human spine development

Illustration of a mouse, lungs and liver with barcode decorations

Living Record

August 9, 2018

Evolving genetic barcodes record every cell’s history in real time

From One, Many

From One, Many

April 26, 2018

Harvard scientists reveal the genetic roadmap to building an entire organism from a single cell

How to Grow a Spine

How to Grow a Spine

September 26, 2017

Cell model reveals dynamic nature of segmentation clock that drives vertebrae formation

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