A five-year, $30-million undertaking called the FaceBase Consortium launched last week with the goal of compiling data on every aspect of how the craniofacial region develops and how malformations ...

As a kid, Samantha Brugmann, now a developmental biologist at the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, had a single Christmas wish: a science kit that came with a microscope and a bee. Using ...

The ZIC2 gene drives the migration of neural crest cells (in green) during early embryonic stages, a process essential for forming the vertebrate nervous system. An international team of researchers ...

Treacher Collins syndrome (TCS) is a craniofacial development disorder that affects roughly 1 in 50,000 people. It is characterized by underdeveloped facial bones, which frequently results in a sunken ...

Researchers have uncovered genetic elements that drive the rapid development of marsupials’ facial features. The study in fat-tailed dunnarts, native to Australia, is published today in eLife as the ...

Today, during the 89th General Session & Exhibition of the International Association for Dental Research, held in conjunction with the 40th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Dental ...

Antioxidants have been marketed as miracle supplements, touted for preventing chronic diseases and cancers; treating COPD and ...