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Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz, group head of the MZG lab in the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge, UK, and her lab have succeeded in extending the development of human embryos in vitro further than was previously...

PhD Studentship –The genetics and developmental biology of cell division in mammary stem cells PhD Supervisor: Dr Salah Elias                       co supervisor: Prof. Keith Jones Application Deadline: 17 March 2017 Interviews will be held in early...

Asymmetric division of stem cells results in both self-renewal and differentiation of daughters. Understanding the molecules and mechanisms that govern differentiation of specific cell types from adult tissue stem cells is a major challenge in developmental...

The zinc finger homeobox 3 (ZFHX3, also named ATBF1 for AT motif binding factor 1) is a transcription factor that suppresses prostatic carcinogenesis and induces neuronal differentiation. It also interacts with estrogen receptor α to inhibit cell proliferation...

Researchers working on enhancing milk production are getting a boost. Zoetis has given a pair of scientists at the University of California, Santa Cruz a $150,000 grant to continue research related to mammary gland development. The award is part of the...