Researchers in China have demonstrated a new way to turn adult human adipose tissue into functional organoids, without isolating stem cells or genetically reprogramming them. The approach could ...

The endodermal germ layer is one of the three germ layers formed in the earliest stages of embryonic development. It’s the innermost layer that develops during gastrulation. This layer gives rise to ...

New work by Alex Cantó-Pastor (left) and Professor Siobhan Brady, Department of Plant Biology, shows how tomato plants protect themselves from drought by waterproofing their roots. The findings could ...

Background: Endodermal sinus tumors are rare, especially extragonadal endodermal sinus tumors, which often occur in the midline of the brain, neck, chest, and abdomen. Case summary: We present the ...

Drought is the most serious abiotic stress that restricts agriculture and animal husbandry development. Drought stress reduces turgor pressure, disrupts ion homeostasis, damages cell membrane systems, ...

ABSTRACT: Jatropha curcas has been expected as a biodiesel plant which can be grown in degraded lands. The structure of roots at the seedling stage, in particular cell wall modification in exodermis ...

Construction of the adult body during development implies the separation of cells into tissues and organs. The first of these events occurs during gastrulation, when cells segregate in germ layers, ...

eLife posts the editorial decision letter and author response on a selection of the published articles (subject to the approval of the authors). An edited version of the letter sent to the authors ...