Get the latest tech news

Embryos shape their limbs: a key discovery of "genetic brakes"


In mice, medical professor Marie Kmita and her team at the IRCM discover how certain proteins switch off the right genes at the right time, allowing others to take over and complete development.

None

Get the Android app

Or read this on Hacker News

Read more on:

Photo of limbs

limbs

Photo of embryos

embryos

Photo of key discovery

key discovery

Related news:

News photo

A Startup Says It Grew Human Sperm in a Lab—and Used It to Make Embryos

News photo

Scientists make embryos from human skin DNA for first time

News photo

Scientists Make Embryos From Human Skin DNA For First Time