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05 December 2025
Sox and Eyes
SOX proteins comprise a large family of factors which regulate gene activity controlling embryo developmental pathways. This study reveals one family member called SOX2's vital role in driving neuron development as the eye's retina is formed
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- Image from work by Fuyun Bian, Kimiasadat Golestaneh, Emily Davis and Abdullah Khan, and colleagues
- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Image originally published with a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- Published in Development, November 2025
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