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RIKEN’s Organoid Project tackles the latest challenges in this highly promising field for regenerative medicine and drug discovery, says Minoru Takasato

Organ development has been modeled in the lab by selectively activating signaling pathways in the embryo

During DNA transcription, an enzyme takes apart nucleosomes and then puts them back together again

A new and unexpected cell death mechanism found in fly guts opens up big questions about how the digestive system really maintains its balance.
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