Science / February 22, 2017 / Russell Hodge

Cartoon: Career Day is always hard on the foregut

The career development for the cells of the foregut is rather limited, as it sometimes has to learn the hard way. A fresh start is still possible, but involves a little extra work, as a new publication from the Spagnoli lab demonstrates.

 

 

 

This work by Russ Hodge is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

 

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