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The Math That Tells Cells What They Are

By Jordana Cepelewicz
March 13, 2019
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During development, cells seem to decode their fate through optimal information processing, which could hint at a more general principle of life.

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Doudna’s Confidence in CRISPR’s Research Potential Burns Bright

By Vanessa Schipani
February 27, 2019
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Jennifer Doudna, one of CRISPR’s primary innovators, stays optimistic about how the gene-editing tool will continue to empower basic biological understanding.

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Jellyfish Genome Hints That Complexity Isn’t Genetically Complex

By Jonathan Lambert
January 8, 2019
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Jellyfish didn’t need novel genes to take an evolutionary leap in complexity.

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Ancient Turing Pattern Builds Feathers, Hair — and Now, Shark Skin

By Jonathan Lambert
January 2, 2019
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A primordial developmental toolkit shared by all vertebrates, and described by a theory of the mathematician Alan Turing, sets the growth pattern for all types of skin structures.

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Stem Cells Remember Tissues’ Past Injuries

By Monique Brouillette
November 12, 2018
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Stem cells seem to retain memories of old injuries to improve future healing. When that system goes wrong, chronic inflammation can result.

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In the Ticking of the Embryonic Clock, She Finds Answers

By Jordana Cepelewicz
October 15, 2018
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Renee Reijo Pera has spent decades uncovering how the timing of embryonic development contributes to health and disease.

EMBRYO TAIL IN TRANSITION
Abstractions blog

‘Traffic Jams’ of Cells Help to Sculpt Embryos

By Jordana Cepelewicz
September 27, 2018
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By measuring mechanical forces inside an embryo for the first time, researchers have shown how a physical “jamming” mechanism assists development.

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developmental biology

To Heal Some Wounds, Adult Cells Turn More Fetal

By Jordana Cepelewicz
August 29, 2018
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Once again, body cells reveal unexpected plasticity: In a newly discovered type of wound healing, which some researchers call “paligenosis,” adult cells revert to a more fetal state.

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developmental biology

Salamander’s Genome Guards Secrets of Limb Regrowth

By Elizabeth Preston
July 2, 2018
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With a fully sequenced genome in hand, scientists hope they are finally poised to learn how axolotls regenerate lost body parts.


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