Master regulator of skin development discovered
Sunday, December 2, 2012 - 18:30
in Biology & Nature
The surface of your skin, called the epidermis, is a complex mixture of many different cell types -- each with a very specific job. The production, or differentiation, of such a sophisticated tissue requires an immense amount of coordination at the cellular level, and glitches in the process can have disastrous consequences. Now, researchers have identified a master regulator of this differentiation process.