Developmental biology
hideDevelopmental biology is the study of the process by which organisms grow and develop. Modern developmental biology studies the genetic control of cell growth, differentiation and "morphogenesis," which is the process that gives rise to tissues, organs and anatomy. Developmental biology is that branch of life science, which deals with the study of the process by which organisms grow and develop.
For more information about Developmental biology, read the full article at
Wikipedia.
This text uses material from Wikipedia and is available under the GNU Free Documentation License.
News tagged with developmental biology
Study provides first clear idea of how rare bone disease progresses
Nov 12, 2009 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
An international team of scientists, led by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, is taking the first step in developing a treatment for a rare genetic disorder called fibrodysplasia ...
Cellular Source of Most Common Type of Abnormal Heart Beat Found
Nov 02, 2009 |
5 / 5 (1) |
1
(PhysOrg.com) -- While studying how the heart is formed, scientists at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine serendipitously found a novel cellular source of atrial fibrillation (AF), the most ...
Spare gene is fodder for fishes' evolution
Sep 03, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
Scientists have suspected that spare parts in the genome—extra copies of functional genes that arise when genes or whole genomes get duplicated -- might sometimes provide the raw materials for the evolution ...
Newly discovered signaling pathway ensures that plants remember to flower
Aug 20, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
(PhysOrg.com) -- Why do some plants blossom even when days are short and gray? Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology have found the answer to this question: An endogenous mechanism ...
Major insights into evolution of life reported
Aug 19, 2009 |
4.5 / 5 (39) |
37
(PhysOrg.com) -- Humans might not be walking the face of the Earth were it not for the ancient fusing of two prokaryotes -- tiny life forms that do not have a cellular nucleus. UCLA molecular biologist James ...
How to make a lung: Cell-regeneration molecules essential signals for early lung development
Aug 17, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
A tissue-repair-and-regeneration pathway in the human body, including wound healing, is essential for the early lung to develop properly. Genetically engineered mice fail to develop lungs when two molecules ...
Scientists isolate protein that may be 'boon' to medicine
Aug 05, 2009 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
Scientists at UC Santa Barbara have isolated a unique protein that appears to have a dual function and could lead to a "boon in medicine." The findings are published in the August issue of the Journal of Cell Biology.
Scientists find molecule that regulates heart size by using zebrafish screening model
Jul 05, 2009 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
Using zebrafish, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have identified and described an enzyme inhibitor that allows them to increase the number of cardiac progenitor cells and therefore influence the size of the developing ...
A scientist probes the origins of 'ouch!'
Jul 02, 2009 |
not rated yet |
3
Skinning a knee, swallowing habanero salsa, and installing snow chains bare-handed might seem pretty different at first. But all have one thing in common -- they're guaranteed to hurt.
Embryonic stem cells, reprogrammed skin cells have inherent differences
Jul 02, 2009 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
(PhysOrg.com) -- UCLA researchers have found that embryonic stem cells and skin cells reprogrammed into embryonic-like cells have inherent molecular differences, demonstrating for the first time that the two ...
Researchers see evidence of memory in the songbird brain
Jun 26, 2009 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
When a zebra finch hears a new song from a member of its own species, the experience changes gene expression in its brain in unexpected ways, researchers report. The sequential switching on and off of thousands ...
Most common brain cancer may originate in neural stem cells
Jun 01, 2009 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
University of Michigan scientists have found that a deficiency in a key tumor suppressor gene in the brain leads to the most common type of adult brain cancer. The study, conducted in mice that mimic human cancer, points ...
Developing fruit fly embryo is capable of genetic corrections
Mar 10, 2009 |
5 / 5 (2) |
0
Animals have an astonishing ability to develop reliably, in spite of variable conditions during embryogenesis. New research, published in parallel this week in PLoS Biology and PLoS Computational Biology, ...
Tuning in on cellular communication in the fruit fly
Biology /
Feb 18, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
In their ongoing study of the processes involved in embryonic development in fruit flies, researchers at WPI's Life Sciences and Bioengineering Center at Gateway Park have identified the function of a protein that sticks ...
Researchers Reprogram Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
Biology /
Jan 27, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
For the first time, UCLA researchers have reprogrammed human induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells into the cells that eventually become eggs and sperm, possibly opening the door for new treatments for infertility using patient-specific ...
