Successful regeneration recovers lost tissues to their original form. Here, we investigate how proliferation of bone-forming osteoblasts is timely regulated to control tissue size during zebrafish sca...

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Adult neural stem cells (NSCs) in the mouse brain are predominantly quiescent, with activation tightly regulated to balance neurogenesis and stem cell maintenance. Circadian clocks temporally organize...

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This article discusses the preprinted work of Lokshtanov and colleagues (Lokshtanov et al., 2026 preprint) as well as that of Xu and team (Xu et al., 2026 preprint). As preprints, these works have…

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Angiosperm seed formation requires the coordinated development of the products of double fertilization—the embryo and the endosperm. The endosperm mediates efficient nutrient transfer from surrounding...

Small historic background: In an era when caspases are known as killer proteins, Drosophila Malpighian tubules state otherwise. Drosophila is a

Cell membranes and the proteins within them control many vital processes and play a key role in health and disease. But studying them in 3D images of cells has so far meant slow, manual work. A team f...

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The surprising plasticity of node endoderm in early development

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