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Image shows a pregnant woman surrounded by smoke.

·November 16, 2017·5 min read

Vaping While Pregnant May Cause Craniofacial Birth Defects

According to researchers, the use of e-cigarettes during pregnancy may result in facial and oral cavity defects in offspring.

Image shows Keratinocyte-derive neural crest stem cells.

Featured Genetics Neuroscience

·March 15, 2017·4 min read

From Skin to Brain: Stem Cells Without Genetic Modification

Researchers convert adult skin cells into neural crest cells without any genetic modification.

This shows the autonomic neurons (green) co-patterning with blood vessels (red).

Featured Genetics Open Neuroscience Articles

·May 22, 2015·4 min read

Model Tracks Cellular Behavior During Earliest Developmental Stages in Real Time

Researchers reveal how autonomic neurons and blood vessels come together to form the neurovascular unit.

This image shows the neural crest cells.

Featured Genetics

·August 21, 2014·4 min read

Biologists Reprogram Skin Cells to Mimic Rare Disease

Reprogramming skin cells from dysautonomia patients, researchers create neural crest cells which mirror aspects of the cells that cause the disease.

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Featured Genetics

·February 1, 2013·5 min read

How Deficiencies in Two Genes Synergize to Halt Formation of Gut Nervous System

Researchers identify a new gene associated with Hirschprung Disease and show how the migration of cells that form the gut nervous system is impeded when the combined doses of two candidate genes are low. Understanding the genetic basis of HSCR offers hope for better diagnostics and treatment for it and other developmental defects caused by failure of cell migration.