A non-native plant species spreading along an environmental gradient may need to adjust its growth to the prevailing conditions that it encounters by a combination of phenotypic plasticity and genetic ...

Inspired by the processes of cellular differentiation observed in developmental biology, researchers have demonstrated a new spontaneous approach to building communities of cell-like entities ...

“Our lab uses different polymers to interact with the nervous system. We think there's a window after injury that seems to mirror development,” said Paul George, a physician scientist at Stanford ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Pools of stem cells in the apical meristems of plants are key to continued growth and development. Understanding how these stem cells are maintained and balanced against ...

In the multicellular organism, cells develop from a single pluripotent/stem cell and differentiate into different cell types during proliferation. The gene regulatory network (GRN) plays an important ...

People often have strong opinions on the "right" firmness of mattresses for themselves, and, as it turns out, some cell types have similar preferences for their support structures. Now a research team ...