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Posted by the Node, on 18 December 2014
This article by Insoo Hyun was first published in Development. Also read the companion ethics article here. In recent years, there has been much interest in the prospect of generating and using human stem cells ...Posted by the Node, on 18 December 2014
This article by Göran Hermerén was first published in Development. Also read the companion ethics article here. The development of human pluripotent stem cells has opened up the possibility to analyse the ...Posted by the Node, on 16 December 2014
This editorial was first published in Development. It was written by Olivier Pourquié, Benoit Bruneau, Gordon Keller and Austin Smith. The past 30 years or so have witnessed tremendous advances in ...Posted by Christele Gonneau, on 7 December 2014
Thanks to microscopy, scientists can compete with the most talented photographers and take the most astonishing pictures! Although I have been focusing on microscopy pictures in this blog, microscopy is ...Posted by Andrea Aguilar, on 2 December 2014
Dear Node readers, My name is Andrea Aguilar and I am replacing Caroline Hendry, Development‘s stem cells reviews editor, during her maternity leave. To spice things up a bit, I figured ...Posted by BSDB, on 27 November 2014
In 2014, the BSDB has initiated the Gurdon Summer Studentship program with the intention to provide highly motivated students with exceptional qualities and a strong interest in Developmental Biology an ...Posted by Federico Luzzati, on 13 November 2014
In the early ‘90s, the discovery of neural stem cells in the adult brain aroused hope to exploit these cells to treat neurodegenerative diseases or even induce brain regeneration. Yet, ...Posted by Katherine Brown, on 13 November 2014
We have previously posted about the workshop that Development organised in September, titled ‘From Stem Cells to Human Development’. We provided a general summary of the meeting, as well as an overview of ...Posted by Kate Doherty, on 4 November 2014
Hello! We’ve got lots of new things to share, including a film and fact sheet combo that looks at cell fate, cell identity and reprogramming, a closer look at an ...Posted by IRBBarcelona, on 29 October 2014
The study, performed with fruit flies, describes a gene that determines whether a specialized cell conserves the capacity to become a stem cell again. Unveiling the genetic traits that favour ...