News tagged with sonic hedgehog
Sluggish cell division may help explain genital defects
Scientists have learned how a gene widely known for precisely positioning and sculpting various organs also controls the speed of cell division, a finding that could be useful for understanding the explosive growth of cancer ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 01, 2010 |
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Sonic hedgehog gene found in an unexpected place during limb development
Sonic hedgehog, a gene that plays a crucial rule in the positioning and growth of limbs, fingers and toes, has been confirmed in an unexpected place in the embryos of developing mice -- the layer of cells that creates the ...
Mar 09, 2010 |
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Human ES cells progress slowly in myelin's direction
Scientists from the University of Wisconsin, USA, report in the journal Development the successful generation from human embryonic stem cells of a type of cell that can make myelin, a finding that opens up new possibilities for bo ...
Apr 09, 2009 |
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