A study published today in the journal Developmental Cell uncovers new insights into how the heart forms during the earliest stages of embryonic development.

A fat cell grows up: Stages from early to mature cell offer clues for anti-obesity drug development Date: May 20, 2010 Source: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Summary: In a finding ...

Human embryonic stem cells and the work of Golos' team has now brought the very first stages of human development, as an embryo implants itself in the uterus, within reach of science. The work ...

B-cell development stage is a challenge and vulnerability in B-ALL B-ALL is a cancer derived from white blood cells called B cells. Under normal circumstances, B cells develop from immature to ...

During embryonic development ... Dr. Gonen's research demonstrates the beginning stage of a similar idea, but this time in male cells. Male testicles contain germ cells that develop into sperm ...

The models will be used to understand the first stages of blood cell development in humans, to perform toxicology studies and to figure out how to grow cells more effectively for therapeutic ...

which can be used to study the role of certain genes in early development. These structures are not actual embryos but assemblies of lab-grown cells that self-organize in ways that mimic some aspects ...

How cells interact with each other and ... development as they have very similar morphology and development to post-implantation stage humans," White said. "The development of many major organs ...

Typically, during the development of cell lines, multiple screening stages that assess cell characteristics, such as growth and productivity, are used to manage cell line heterogeneity and reduce ...