Detailed transparent video showing notochord cells (red) and the associated patterning molecules (in cyan) inside a trunk organoid. Cell nuclei in gray. Electron scanning microscopy image (2 ...

For the first time, notochord, a tissue in the developing embryo that serves as a navigation system, telling cells where to build the spine and nervous system (the trunk), has been included in ...

LONDON — Scientists have achieved a major milestone in recreating human tissue development in the lab, successfully generating the notochord — a defining feature of vertebrates that acts like ...