The basics of conception are familiar to any high school freshman biology student, yet scientists have yet to find the initial molecular mechanisms that set off the cascade of events that form a developing embryo.Yale University geneticists report online...
Stem cells and real estate have this in common: the most important thing is location, location, and location.
Stem cells are extensively studied because of their ability to generate a wide variety of tissue types — from new heart, liver and even brain...
It has been 60 years since scientists discovered that sodium channels create the electrical impulses crucial to the function of nerve, brain, and heart cells — all of which are termed “excitable.” Now researchers at Yale and elsewhere are discovering that...