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Rita Levi-Montalcini is a Nobel Laureate recognized for her work in the discovery and characterization of nerve growth factor. Nerve growth factor (…
PeopleNerve Growth FactorBiographyResearch in chemical induction seeks to identify the compound or compounds responsible for differentiation in a developing embryo. Soren Lovtrup…
Cell differentiationEmbryosDevelopmental BiologyNotochordWaddington, C. H. (Conrad Hal), 1905-1975Joseph Needham was an embryologist and biochemist who is most noted in science for his studies on induction in developing embryos. Needham worked…
PeopleEmbryonic InductionBiographyEdward B. Lewis studied embryonic development in Drosophila, including the discovery of the cis-trans test for recessive genes, and the…
PeopleDrosophilaBiographyIn "Selective Growth Stimulating Effects of Mouse Sarcoma on the Sensory and Sympathetic Nervous System of the Chick Embryo," Rita Levi-Montalcini…
Chick EmbryoExperimentsChicksMiceThe epigenetic landscape is a concept representing embryonic development. It was proposed by Conrad Hal Waddington to illustrate the various…
Waddington, C. H. (Conrad Hal), 1905-1975EpigeneticsCell differentiationEmbryologyDevelopmental Biology"A Diffusible Agent of Mouse Sarcoma, Producing Hyperplasia of Sympathetic Ganglia and Hyperneurotization of Viscera in the Chick Embryo," by Rita…
Nerve Growth FactorExperimentsMiceChicksWashington University in St. Louis served as the backdrop for many scientific discoveries, including that of nerve growth factor (NGF). Many of the…
OrganizationOrganizationsEducationConrad Hal Waddington was an embryologist and theoretical biologist. His early experimental work investigated aspects of embryonic induction and the…
EpigenomicsEpigeneticsBiographyStanley Cohen published "Purification of a Nerve-Growth Promoting Protein from the Mouse Salivary Gland and its Neuro-Cytoxic Antiserum" in the…
Cohen, Stanley, 1937-Nerve Growth FactorExperimentsMice