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Posted by mpicbg, on 7 February 2014
Why iodine deficiency during pregnancy may have disastrous consequences Higher mammals, such as humans, have markedly larger brains than other mammals. Scientists from the Max Planck Institute of Molecular ...Posted by IRBBarcelona, on 7 February 2014
– Researchers at IRB and IBMB-CSIC, in Barcelona, and at the University of Wageningen, in the Netherlands, reveal how auxin hormone-regulated proteins activate developmental genes in plants. – Auxins are ...Posted by Seema Grewal, on 4 February 2014
Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development: Integrating integrin signals for neocortical growth Within the developing neocortex, multiple progenitor cell types contribute to neuronal production, and ...Posted by Kif Liakath-Ali, on 2 February 2014
Physics and Biology were the media darlings last week. Earlier, one of my favorite physicists Professor Stephen Hawking claimed through his paper that there are no black holes! Well… later ...Posted by Christele Gonneau, on 31 January 2014
Of all the types of stem cells, there is a kind than can be a lot more scary than beautiful: the cancer stem cell. Although the concept of cancer stem ...Posted by okanca, on 22 January 2014
Those lucky scientists, who study organisms which allow live imaging experiments to be effectively performed, do not always appreciate what a luxury it is to watch the tissue of interest ...Posted by Seema Grewal, on 21 January 2014
Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development: Hoxb1b gets the neural tube into shape Hox genes are classically known for their roles in patterning the anterior-posterior ...Posted by Yan YUN, on 4 January 2014
Currently, more and more women delay having children because of pursuing higher educational and career aspirations, as well as changing cultural norms. Unfortunately their eggs become susceptible to chromosome mis-segregation ...Posted by soniasen, on 3 January 2014
Watching animals, with their vast diversity of complex behaviours, can never be boring. In the animals around us, ants, spiders, lizards, dogs, cats, fish, birds…, we see so many different ...Posted by Seema Grewal, on 31 December 2013
Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development: Peri important role for Notch Pericytes are specialised cells that wrap around the endothelial cells of the vasculature to ...