Cranial placodes are embryonic structures needed for sensory and endocrine organ development. inhibition of FGF signaling disrupts placode derivation and induces surface ectoderm. Further fate specification at the pre-placode stage enables the selective generation of placode-derived trigeminal ganglia capable of engraftment mature lens fibers and anterior pituitary hormone-producing cells that upon transplantation produce human GH… Continue reading Cranial placodes are embryonic structures needed for sensory and endocrine organ