Scientists at EMBL Heidelberg have investigated stem cells and how they differentiate to become neurons. Their approach included an assessment of the…
To study how SARS-CoV-2 infects cells, the Gene Editing and Embryology Facility (GEEF) at EMBL Rome will generate mice that express a human version…
Researchers from the Sharpe group at EMBL Barcelona have published a method to track the developmental history of a cell using the gene editing tool…
The brain is the most complex organ in the human body. Yet despite it being the organ that makes us conscious beings – and despite the fact that…
During embryo development, genes are dynamically, and very precisely, switched on and off to confer different properties to different cells and build…
As spring arrives, flowers seem to bloom everywhere – even under the microscopes at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg,…
Scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany, have developed a new method for studying gene regulation, by…
Almost a century after it was discovered in fruit flies with notches in their wings, the Notch signalling pathway may come to play an important role…
Phone numbers, the way to work, granny’s birthday – our brain with its finite number of nerve cells can store incredible amounts of…
Today three research organisations announce the merging of their expertise to fight cardiovascular diseases, which are among the most common health…
One of the most basic yet least understood processes in our bodies is how cells crawl along tissues. This behavior is essential to the formation of…
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