Developmental biology

Researchers uncovered how specialised stem cells act as building blocks for the esophagus, shaping its development and offering insights into treating related diseases.

A protein in cilia called CFAP53 is responsible for the distinct beat patterns during embryonic development, researchers say.

Induced pluripotent stem cells have helped researchers map the role of the RFX6 gene in a rare congenital disorder known as Mitchell-Riley Syndrome.

Keratin, a tough and insoluble fibrous protein, plays a surprising role in determining mouse embryonic cell fate.

An international consortium gives a debilitating childhood disorder a name and a genetic cause.

A protein named GATA6 is key to the development of a normal pancreas in humans.

Once considered ‘junk’, certain virus-derived genomic elements have now been shown to actively regulate important developmental processes

Proper embryonic development depends on a signaling pathway that helps to preserve stem cell ‘immaturity’

Pairs of gene-regulating proteins work together to identify their proper binding sites within the genome