Does each cell in the embryo have a genetically predetermined fate, or are cell interactions important? Researchers have, for the first time, linked the two, showing how the tug of war between cells ...

In a scientific advance literally plucked from the waste heap, scientists have described a key step toward using the billions of pounds of waste chicken feathers produced each year to make one of the ...

The rubber-like elasticity of skin, which contracts to its original shape after being stretched, is key to the development of regularly spaced hairs and sweat glands during development, according to ...