News tagged with tube closure

New insights into the development of epithelial cells

Scientists of the Max Delbruck Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin-Buch and the Experimental and Clinical Research Center (ECRC) of MDC and Charite in Berlin-Buch have gained new insights into the development of epithelial ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 29, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New findings may shed light on brain and spinal cord birth defects

New research, published by Cell Press in the January 19th issue of the journal Developmental Cell, provides intriguing insight into how the nervous system forms during very early embryonic development. The study sheds light ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jan 19, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

One step closer to closure: Neuroscientists discovery key to spinal cord defects

Spinal cord disorders like spina bifida arise during early development when future spinal cord cells growing in a flat layer fail to roll up into a tube. In the Dec. 6 issue of Nature Cell Biology, researchers from the Jo ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1