developmental and stem cell biologists
Posted by Erin M Campbell, on 13 June 2011
The Drosophila ovary is stunningly beautiful, and a playground of wonderful biological questions. Within the germarium alone, developmental biologists can look at asymmetric division, stem cells and their niches, cell ...Posted by Erin M Campbell, on 5 May 2011
Regenerative medicine and stem cell research go hand-in-hand when it comes to dreaming up future strategies for treating disease and injury in humans. Today’s image is from a recent Development ...Posted by Erin M Campbell, on 22 April 2011
Axons have such important jobs to do that they require their own support staff. Schwann cells are responsible for ensheathing axons of the peripheral nervous system with myelin, which allows ...Posted by Erin M Campbell, on 12 April 2011
If there is hope to fully understand stem cells, then the environment surrounding those stem cells must be understood too. A recent Development paper describes important results on niche establishment ...Posted by Erin M Campbell, on 9 March 2011
The power of stem cells lies in the ability to give rise to many different cell types. The stem cells found in the neural crest are no exception, and a ...