Visualization of skull bone growth in live zebrafish (Image by Camilla Teng)

Study of skull birth defect takes it from the top

Contrary to the popular song, the neck bone is actually connected to one of 22 separate head bones that make up the human skull. These plate-like bones intersect at specialized joints called sutures, which normally allow the skull to expand as the brain grows, but are absent in children with a birth defect called craniosynostosis….Continue Reading Study of skull birth defect takes it from the top