What is it about?

The autoregulation of one of the growth factors during the development of chicks limbs, which helps created the interdigital spaces in limbs.

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Why is it important?

Many children are born with a disease that ends up with brain deformation and death. This growth factor could help cure these diseases before the child's birth.

Perspectives

With genetic engineering, scientists can avoid these types of diseases

Marie Moftah
Alexandria University

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This page is a summary of: Ectodermal FGFs Induce Perinodular Inhibition of Limb Chondrogenesis in Vitro and in Vivo via FGF Receptor 2, Developmental Biology, September 2002, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.2002.0766.
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