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A study published in the journal Nature, led by Carlene Zindl, Ph.D., and C. Garrett Wilson in the research group of Casey Weaver, M.D., at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, brings new ...

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Every organ in the body is made up of a range of cell types that must coordinate their size and shape throughout the lifetime of the animal to maintain correct organ architecture and function. A focus ...