STEM 3 (IMAGE)

Rice University

STEM 3

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Aryeh Warmflash, left, and Sapna Chhabra led a Rice University team that discovered embryonic stem cells begin to self-organize when they sense interacting waves of molecular signals that help them start -- and stop -- differentiating into patterns.

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Jeff Fitlow/Rice University

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