New cell movement process key to understanding and repairing facial malformations

Thursday, October 18, 2018 - 13:20 in Biology & Nature

The embryonic stem cells that form facial features, called neural crest cells, use an unexpected mechanism of moving from the back of the head to the front to populate the face, finds a new UCL-led study.

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