The heart, stomach, and liver are asymmetrical organs and so for normal development in an embryo, proper left-right patterning must occur…
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A few weeks ago, Gary McDowell reported on the “Increasing Diversity in a Changing Research Landscape” subgroup held at the…
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Noted stem cell researcher and former chair of the ASCB Public Policy Committee Lawrence Goldstein told a politically charged Congressional…
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Prion disease is a molecular hall of mirrors, in which a normal cellular protein, PrPC, is refolded by the pathogenic PrP…
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The latest “lark” research was not by an ornithologist studying birds, rather by a group of Parkinson’s disease researchers investigating…
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Desmosomes in cardiomyocytes physically hold the cells together, and allow for electrical signaling to propagate through the heart. These structures…
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In 2012, Daniel Klionsky pulled off the scientific equivalent of successfully herding cats. He convinced 2,400 of his colleagues in…
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On February 16-17 at HHMI Headquarters outside of Washington, DC, 70 attendees (junior and senior scientists, representatives from funding agencies,…
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It has an ungainly name and an uglier phenotype. Giant Axon Neuropathy (GAN) is an extremely rare genetic disease that…
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Cells’ skeleton can contract so that cells can move, divide, establish shape, and maintain tissues. How that contractility, induced by…
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