The branchial arches are the embryological precursors of the face, neck and pharynx. Anomalies of the branchial arches are the second most common congenital lesions of the head and neck in children, ...

One of the ideas that is most commonly connected with the name of John Fiske is that of the primary social importance of infancy. He has worked out in some detail the value of the long dependence of ...

Why do pregnancies last longer in some species than others? Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have found the clock that sets the speed of embryonic development and discovered the mechanism is ...

Bladder exstrophy is a rare congenital condition of the pelvis, bladder, and lower abdomen that opens the bladder against the abdominal wall, produces aberrant growth, short penis, upward curvature ...

Background: Temperament is a core construct in personality neuroscience, reflecting biologically based differences in emotional reactivity and self-regulation. Traditionally attributed to genetic and ...

Scientists have visualised the short pregnancy of a small species of the kangaroo and wallaby family of marsupials, the tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii), for the first time by high-resolution ...

ABSTRACT: The mechanical properties on a whole basis of cell are extensively studied whereas regional mechanical properties of the cytoskeleton (CSK) have not been characterized. To fill this gap, ...