Scientists have officially grown a notochord—the tissues that act as the “GPS for the developing embryo” by guiding the ...

For the first time, notochord, a tissue in the developing embryo that serves as a navigation system, telling cells where to build the spine and nervous system (the trunk), has been included in ...

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 ...