Biologists have long puzzled over how organs develop into their final shapes, and the nearly transparent bodies of young sea ...

Getting it over the finish line was a labor of love—and now, more than five years after her death, the lab of former Sloan ...

In the earliest stages of life, mammalian embryos start as a disorganized cluster of cells. As development progresses, these cells become organized into well-defined shapes and structures. This ...

A small tissue fold in fly embryos, once thought purposeless, plays a vital role in stabilizing tissues. Researchers show that it absorbs stress during early development, and its position and timing ...