Scientists Discover Mechanical Control of Embryonic Polarization

3 August 2017, Singapore – Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory (TLL) is pleased to announce the discovery of a key protein’s function that plays an important role in the establishment of embryonic cell olarity which defines asymmetry within an embryo and the subsequent formation of somatic or germline cells. This research is conducted in collaboration with scientists from the Mechanobiology Institute (MBI) and the Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB) in Singapore, that provides insights to the regulation of tumorigenesis as well as development of new medical interventions for human diseases.