Timing Is Everything: Growth Factor Keeps Brain Development On Track
Saturday, July 18, 2009 - 00:21
in Psychology & Sociology
Just like a conductor cueing musicians in an orchestra, Fgf10, a member of the fibroblast growth factor (Ffg) family of morphogens, lets brain stem cells know that the moment to get to work has arrived, ensuring that they hit their first developmental milestone on time.
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