Early brain development is a biological black box. While scientists have devised multiple ways to record electrical signals in adult brains, these techniques don’t work for embryos. A team at Harvard ...

Regulation of gene expression is an important process for proper development. XER81 is a gene that codes for a member of a family of transcription factors, proteins that control gene expression.

Talk about thinking small: researchers at Harvard University have devised a new way to implant flexible bioelectronic devices in the embryos of frogs, mice, and lizards, enabling them to monitor brain ...

A new study on the frog brain may lead to innovative ways of repairing congenital disabilities in humans. A team of researchers from Tufts University, Universitat de Valencia, and Harvard University ...

Jerusalem, July 19, 2011 -- How is it that a disc-like cluster of cells transforms within the first month of pregnancy into an elongated embryo? This mechanism is a mystery that man has tried to ...