Rockefeller University: Mechanical Forces are Key to Embryonic Self-Organization
November 22, 2025
November 22, 2025
NEW YORK, Nov. 22 (TNSjou) -- Rockefeller University issued the following news:
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Mechanical forces are key to embryonic self-organization
Only two weeks after fertilization, the first sign of the formation of the 3 axes of the human body (head/tail, ventral/dorsal, and right/left) begins to appear. At this stage, known as gastrulation, a flat and featureless sheet of cells folds into a living blueprint for the body, a fleeting transformation into axes . . .
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Mechanical forces are key to embryonic self-organization
Only two weeks after fertilization, the first sign of the formation of the 3 axes of the human body (head/tail, ventral/dorsal, and right/left) begins to appear. At this stage, known as gastrulation, a flat and featureless sheet of cells folds into a living blueprint for the body, a fleeting transformation into axes . . .