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Identification of new cellular mechanisms involved in organ development

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 12.07.2006

Identification of new cellular mechanisms involved in organ development

Researchers at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine () and the CSIC Véronique Brodu i Jordi Casanova have obtained new data about the cellular process required for morphogenesis. Specifically, they have identified the molecules responsible for the cellular changes required for the development of the tracheal tube of the Drosophila fly. The study has been published in this week's Genes & Development.

One of the current challenges in the field of biomedicine is to further our knowledge of the cellular bases of development. These studies contribute to our understanding of morphogenesis and allow us to observe how this development occurs in normal processes and in diseases. The regulation of cell behaviour (proliferation, migration, differentiation and changes in shape) is fundamental to our biology and its abnormal function occurs in many pathologies. “The control of these processes is crucial”, adds the researcher Jordi Casanova

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