Skull-Shaping Bone-Bordering Cells (IMAGE)

The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Skull-Shaping Bone-Bordering Cells

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In a study of mice, scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai showed how a newly discovered group of bone-bordering cells, may play an important role in shaping a skull during early development. Here is a picture of bordering cells (red dots) squeezed between two skull bone plates from a young mouse.

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Courtesy of Holmes lab, Icahn School of Medicine, NY, NY.

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