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> On the day the mice were born, scientists injected them with a small molecule known as a sonic hedgehog pathway agonist.

Obviously I had to investigate a gene called Sonic Hedgehog and how it could come to have such a name. From the wiki[0]

>The hh loss of function mutant phenotype causes the embryos to be covered with denticles (small pointy projections), resembling a hedgehog.

I'm glad to see a lack of temerity in a medical article, especially when the results seem so very promising. Nonetheless this is a really great result.

parent brodney 13 years ago

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