We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Scientists have officially grown a notochord—the tissues that act as the “GPS for the developing embryo” by guiding the formation ...

With this blueprint, they produced a precise sequence of chemical signals and used this to coax human stem cells into forming a notochord. The stem cells formed a miniature ‘trunk-like ...

Masatake Kai and Professor Makoto Kondo focused on this paraxial protocadherin (PAPC), which is excluded when dividing cells migrate and form the notochord in the embryo. The findings were ...

With this blueprint, they produced a precise sequence of chemical signals and used this to coax human stem cells into forming a notochord. The stem cells formed a miniature 'trunk-like' structure ...

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 ...

Detailed transparent video showing notochord cells (red) and the associated patterning molecules (in cyan) inside a trunk organoid. Cell nuclei in gray. Credit: Tiago Rito The stem cells formed a ...