When do peripheral nerves develop? Researchers used "mosaic barcodes" to prove that neural crest cells commit to their ...

The quail is a small, unassuming bird that glides rather than flies and prefers to hide under bushes than to perch on top of ...

Junctional neural tube defect caused by Prickle1 disruption as seen using advanced imaging.(Photo credit: Dr Jian Xiong Wang ...

How does the neural tube close? A new study uses physics-based modeling to reveal the actin "purse-string" mechanism and cellular coordination that prevents spina bifida.

Reposted from U of U Health.Millions of neurons branch throughout our bodies, keeping them in close communication with our ...

Bengaluru: When couples struggle to conceive, attention often turns to age, hormonal imbalances, stress or lifestyle habits ...

Their findings, recently reported in the journal Nature, overturn longstanding assumptions in developmental biology and could change the way scientists think about treatments for a variety of ...

When a salamander loses a leg, it grows back. When a human loses a finger, scar tissue fills the gap. The difference has ...

California has implemented the first state law in the U.S. requiring folic acid fortification in corn masa flour to help prevent neural tube defects, which occur at higher rates among Hispanic ...

In about one out of every 1,000 pregnancies, the neural tube, a key nervous system structure, fails to close properly.

Sox9, a master regulator of cartilage formation, switches its target genes dynamically during embryonic limb development ...