Not exact matches
The researchers
discovered that both major living lineages of birds (the common neognaths and the rarer paleognaths) differ from the major lineages of non-bird reptiles (crocodiles, turtles, and lizards) and from mammals in having a unique, median gene expression zone of two different facial
development genes early in
embryonic development.
Lee and McPherron
discovered the gene about five years ago while examining genes known to regulate
embryonic growth and
development.
They tried hundreds of different recipes; eventually they
discovered that if they mixed liver precursor cells (derived from iPS cells) with two other types of standard human cell lines known to be important for
embryonic liver
development, then the cells would spontaneously form a 4 to 5 - millimeter 3D structure called a liver bud.
They
discovered that extra chromosome 21 - a genetic state known as trisomy 21 - disturbs a key regulating gene called NRSF or REST, which in turn disturbs the cascade of other genes that control normal
development at the
embryonic stem cell stage.
A switch has been
discovered that instructs blood vessel cells to become blood stem cells during
embryonic development in mice.
La Jolla, CA — Scientists at the Salk Institute have
discovered a novel genetic pathway that ensures body organs develop correctly and in the right position during
embryonic development.