August’s Paper of the Month reveals how the RAS/ERK pathway orchestrates the opening notes of life
Timing is everything in development — and a new study reveals what happens when key molecular signals strike too soon. In a recent Cell Reports paper, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences graduate Han Bit Baek, PhD, explores how mistimed activation of ERK during oocyte maturation disrupts early embryonic development in C. elegans, shedding light on the molecular dynamics that may influence reproductive success in humans.
August 29, 2025
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