A key question that remains in biology and biophysics is how three-dimensional tissue shapes emerge during animal development. Research teams have now found a mechanism by which tissues can be ...

Cellular differentiation of stem cells into specialized cells requires many steps, including division, to create more cells; fate determination, which is a commitment to a specific lineage or ...

A new study has created the first single-cell map of how DNA is regulated and organized inside different cell-types of human ...

Glial cells play an important role in supporting the body's nervous system. Several types of glial cells exist. Learn more here.

Zebrafish midline tissues coordinate their growth during embryonic development using a leader-follower strategy described by ...

Scientists have succeeded in regenerating fully functional urinary bladder tissue in a long-term study utilizing a nonhuman primate model.

Study finds sensory cells that detect tissue damage, irritants also rein in harmful immune responses to protect the lungs ...

Tay-Sachs and Sandhoff diseases, genetic disorders affecting the brain, have no effective treatment and are typically fatal ...