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Rice University: 'Lefty' Tightens Control of Embryonic Development
January 26, 2022
HOUSTON, Texas, Jan. 26 (TNSJou) -- Rice University issued the following news release:

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Inhibitor protein shown to regulate Nodal signaling relay during tissue patterning

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A protein known as Lefty pumps the brakes as human embryos begin to differentiate into the bones, soft tissues and organs that make us.

This inhibitor protein is key during the early stages of life when the fates of embryonic stem cells are determined . . .

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