Developmental Biology Archive — Page 1 of 1

A child wearing glasses, a yellow polo shirt, and blue plaid shorts sits on a colorful mosaic sculpture outdoors.
June 1, 2010

Big problems for small lungs

Helping little ones breathe may lead to long-term problems

By Carole Bartoo
Adult man leaning over a premature infant in a neonatal incubator surrounded by monitoring and respiratory-support equipment in a hospital intensive-care room.
June 1, 2010

‘Placental clock’ sets human birth timing

By Leigh MacMillan, Ph.D.
Three vertically stacked anatomical photographs with colored structures and white labels in the top panel: A, AO, DA, MPA, BPA, and V.
June 1, 2010

The vessel of life

Understanding the ductus arteriosus could avoid a common surgery

By Leslie Hast
A man in a blue shirt and patterned tie sits at a laboratory microscope, with illuminated microscopy images displayed on monitors behind him.
June 1, 2010

A complex infection

Immature intestines at risk for destructive infection, inflammation

By Kathy Whitney
Fluorescent green X-ray-style image of a small fish shown in side profile against a black background, with its skeleton and internal structures visible.
August 1, 2008

The power of animal models

By Bill Snyder
A bespectacled man in a black jacket sits beside a projected scientific image showing a small developing organism or embryo.
August 1, 2008

Nature’s operating system – an essay by Christopher V.E. Wright, D.Phil.

By Christopher V.E. Wright, D.Phil.