In work published in iScience, a research team led by molecular biologist Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado at the Stowers Institute for Medical Research turned to single-cell RNA sequencing to identify the ...

How do cells know what they should become as the body develops? Biological development depends crucially on spatial patterns: the lines that eventually give rise to segments, organs, or markings like ...

Cells are constantly on the move, whether in a developing embryo or metastatic cancer. But how do cells adapt to the new environments they encounter? Traditionally, scientists have believed that cells ...