The development of humans and other animals unfolds gradually over time, with cells taking on specific roles and functions via a process called cell fate determination. The fate of individual cells, ...

Our findings redefine the queen cell not as a passive container, but as an engineered bioactive microenvironment that acts as a gatekeeper for caste determination 1. We show that worker cell wax, even ...

POA neurons are born between embryonic day 12 (E12) and E16 from progenitors lining the third ventricle and migrate radially to their ultimate location, with little to no migration into the POA from ...

Labs around the world are trying to turn cells into autobiographers, tracking their own development from embryos to adults. By Carl Zimmer Shortly after conception, a fertilized egg divides, becoming ...

What are the first steps that chart the path for a cell to become a blood cell, neuron cell, or pigment cell? Scientists have developed increasingly powerful tools to track those changes, but one ...

How do you currently identify and select cells for further growth, characterization and processing? Many available cell-selection technologies lack the sensitivity necessary to preserve cell health ...