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Hope for Huntington's

Posted by , on 14 January 2013

Every time a biologist drives pluripotent cells to differentiate into a specialized cell type, patients of all sorts of diseases, disorders, and injuries allow their hope to grow.  A research ...

In Development this week (Vol. 140, Issue 3)

Posted by , on 8 January 2013

Here are the research highlights from the current issue of Development:   Directed differentiation: Nodal steps forward The directed differentiation of pluripotent stem cells into endodermal derivatives, including insulin-producing pancreatic ...

From sharks to mammals

Posted by , on 26 December 2012

My name is Idoia, I am a PhD student within the Brainshark group at the University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain). I am currently finishing a research stay at the ...

December 25

Posted by , on 25 December 2012

You have reached the end of the advent calendar! Please see the round-up of all entries here. Happy holidays!

Advent calendar round-up

Posted by , on 25 December 2012

If you have been following along with the advent calendar we’ve had in the sidebar for the past couple of weeks, you will have seen twenty-four papers – all selected ...

December 24

Posted by , on 24 December 2012

Today’s recommended paper is: Transient downregulation of Bmp signalling induces extra limbs in vertebrates Bea Christen et al. (2012) Development 139 (14), 2557-2565 Submitted by Tohru Yano: “This paper show ...

December 23

Posted by , on 23 December 2012

Today’s recommended paper is: Inhibition of SRGAP2 Function by Its Human-Specific Paralogs Induces Neoteny during Spine Maturation Cécile Charrier et al. (2012) Cell 149 (4), 923-935 Submitted by Joanna Asprer: ...

December 22

Posted by , on 22 December 2012

Today’s recommended paper is: Cartwheel architecture of Trichonympha basal body Paul Guichard et al. (2012) Science 337 (6094), 533 Submitted by the Raff lab: “We chose this paper because by ...

December 21

Posted by , on 21 December 2012

Today’s recommended paper is: Protocadherins mediate dendritic self-avoidance in the mammalian nervous system. Julie L. Lefebvre et al. (2012) Nature 488, 517-521 Submitted by Seema Grewal: “This paper shows that ...

December 20

Posted by , on 20 December 2012

Today’s recommended paper is: Growing Microtubules Push the Oocyte Nucleus to Polarize the Drosophila Dorsal-Ventral Axis Tongtong Zhao, Owen S. Graham, Alexandre Raposo and Daniel St Johnston (2012) Science 336 ...

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