Development

Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have constructed a single-cell “atlas” of lung development that tracks multiple cell types over time. Read More

Scott Baldwin and colleagues have discovered early signaling events during heart development, findings that could guide cell replacement therapies for heart disease. Read More

Understanding the specialized environment where stem cells reside is important for developing stem-cell based regenerative therapies. Read More

Vanderbilt investigators have defined a gene expression program that controls the timing of synaptic remodeling – a process that is critical to brain development, learning and memory. Read More

Vanderbilt University researchers have made an important advance in understanding lung development, which one day could lead to improvements in treating lung disease in premature infants and adults. Read More

The factor IRF6 plays important roles in the development of the tongue. Read More

Adult cells in the pancreas can return to a less mature state – and then become a different cell type, like the beta cells that secrete insulin. Read More

A new map of the developing gut of quail offers valuable tool for studying intestinal diseases. Read More

The protein Syk is essential for clearing away neuron “corpses” in the developing peripheral nervous system. Read More