A new technique for watching the developing embryo has led to insights into how a homogeneous ball of cells transforms into an embryo with different types of tissues. In the normal zebrafish embryo, ...

A new study answers the question of whether or not blood cell telomere length is a suitable proxy for telomere length in other tissues by examining over 20 human tissue types, finding variations and ...

Teratomas are rare tumors that contain different types of tissues such as bone, teeth, muscle, and hair. A teratoma may be cancerous or benign (noncancerous), depending on its structure. Most are ...

Patches of healthy tissue can contain groups of cells with genetic mutations, researchers reported June 6 in Science. In the study, they analyzed 29 different tissue types taken from 488 people. The ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information American Scientist (ISSN 0003-0996) is an illustrated bimonthly magazine about science and technology. Each issue is filled with ...

Research has shed new light on the way malignant cells change their shape and migration techniques to invade different types of tissue. Oregon State University research has shed new light on the way ...