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How eggs get built: Cells use actin and microtubules as a coordinated scaffold

  • February 7, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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How eggs get built: Cells use actin and microtubules as a coordinated scaffold
A Northwestern Medicine study has shed light on one of the most intricate construction projects in biology: how cells build and coordinate the internal scaffolding needed to create a healthy egg. The research, published in the Journal of Cell Biology, details how two structural cellular systems work together to form developing egg cells.

Originally published at Phys.org

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