The factor IRF6 plays important roles in the development of the tongue.

Adult cells in the pancreas can return to a less mature state – and then become a different cell type, like the beta cells that secrete insulin.

A new map of the developing gut of quail offers valuable tool for studying intestinal diseases.

The spirit of mentorship and support shown to one potential medical student decades ago has come full circle in a bequest to establish a scholarship at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.

The protein Syk is essential for clearing away neuron “corpses” in the developing peripheral nervous system.