Developmental biology
A tough choice for embryo cells
25 Jan 2021Keratin, a tough and insoluble fibrous protein, plays a surprising role in determining mouse embryonic cell fate.
Genetic clues lead to the identification of Jamuar Syndrome
16 Oct 2020An international consortium gives a debilitating childhood disorder a name and a genetic cause.
Writing the roadmap for pancreas development
28 Jun 2019A protein named GATA6 is key to the development of a normal pancreas in humans.
Viral remnants are ‘facilitators’ not ‘fossils’
21 Oct 2014Once considered ‘junk’, certain virus-derived genomic elements have now been shown to actively regulate important developmental processes
Unlocking a secret of stem cell stability
5 Nov 2013Proper embryonic development depends on a signaling pathway that helps to preserve stem cell ‘immaturity’
Proteins prove the power of collaboration
18 Jun 2013Pairs of gene-regulating proteins work together to identify their proper binding sites within the genome