Stem Cell and Developmental Biology

Stem Cell and Developmental Biology

stem cell biology • regeneration • disease modeling • pattern formation • differentiation • gametogenesis • morphogenesis • organ development • cell migration • cell-cell and cell-environment interactions • aging • cancer

Peter Reddien
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Peter Reddien

Professor of Biology; Core Member and Associate Director, Whitehead Institute; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Peter Reddien works to unravel one of the greatest mysteries in biology — how organisms regenerate missing body parts.

A selfish gene unlike any other

MIT Down syndrome researchers work on ways to ensure a healthy lifespan

New study reveals how cleft lip and cleft palate can arise

Restoring healthy gene expression with programmable therapeutics

AI model deciphers the code in proteins that tells them where to go

A planarian’s guide to growing a new head

Cellular interactions help explain vascular complications due to COVID-19 virus infection

Cellular traffic congestion in chronic diseases suggests new therapeutic targets