Zebrafish have emerged as a vital vertebrate model system that bridges developmental biology and behavioural neuroscience. Their genetic tractability, optical transparency during early development and ...

Descriptions of the embryo go back at least to the time of Aristotle, but it has only been since the late 19 th century and early 20 th century that advances in experimental approaches allowed ...

Article reviewed by Tristan Long, PhD from Wilfrid Laurier University. Stay up to date on the latest science with Brush Up Summaries. These organisms are also successful models because of their ...

LaBonne is president of the Society for Developmental Biology and the Erastus Otis Haven professor of molecular biosciences at Northwestern University. Imagine a world without lifesaving medicines, ...

As an emerging 3D cell culture system, organoid technology has demonstrated substantial potential in basic research and translational medicine by recapitulating in vivo organ structures and functions.

Dyslexia is a common developmental disorder, affecting around 7% of the global population. It is characterized by ...

Researchers have developed a new stem cell model of the mature human amniotic sac, which replicates development of the tissues supporting the embryo from two to four weeks after fertilization. This is ...

As advancements in medical science progress, clinical research and development (R&D) are subject to more sophisticated and complex study designs and protocols that require precise global coordination ...