Blue light is illuminating new understanding of a key signaling pathway in embryo development, tissue maintenance and cancer genesis. Researchers have developed an approach using blue light to ...

A study of three-dimensional genome folding during the early stages of frog embryo development has demonstrated how compartmentalized loops form within chromosomes. These ‘topologically associating ...

Researchers have developed a theoretical framework that can reproduce and predict the patterns associated with gastrulation in a chicken embryo. Gastrulation is one of the most important phases in ...

Tissue engineering—creating a “seed” of tissue that could grow into a functional, life-saving organ—sounds like magic. But it could become technology, thanks in part to the work led by Lance Davidson, ...

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Gastrulation is one of the most important phases in early embryonic development. Before gastrulation, vertebrate embryos are simple ...