- Share - [](https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://about.ebsco.com/markdownify/node/31311) - []() - []() - []() # Tracking Development Cell by Cell: Science’s Breakthrough of 2018 Learn about single-cell analyses of gene activity through time, Science’s Breakthrough of the Year. ![tracking development cell blog image ](/sites/default/files/acquiadam-assets/tracking-development-cell-blog-image-780.jpg) 7 March 2019 Each year, *Science*’s reporters and editors look forward to the Breakthrough of the Year, their choice of the most significant scientific discovery, development, or trend in the year. *Science* has chosen single-cell analyses of gene activity through time as its 2018 Breakthrough of the Year, honoring a trifecta of methods that together are enabling researchers to determine, at the individual cell level, which genes are turned on and off as an early embryo develops.[ Read the full article](https://vis.sciencemag.org/breakthrough2018/index.html). *Science* has been at the center of important scientific discovery since its founding in 1880. Today, *Science* continues to publish important research across the sciences, with articles that consistently rank among the most cited in the world. The Science family of journals are available from EBSCO. For a free trial of Science or to learn more about other AAAS journals including *Science, Science Signaling, Science Translational Medicine*, *Science Advances* (open access), *Science Robotics* and *Science Immunology*, click below. [ Request a free trial ](https://more.ebsco.com/wwe-2019-03-05-FT-aaas-science-lp-850658_aaassciencelandingpage2019-03-07-850658-lp.html?_ga=2.44031329.515031228.1604326987-460971417.1588863694) Category: [Medical Research ](/blogs/health-notes/category/medical-research) - Share - [](https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://about.ebsco.com/markdownify/node/31311) - []() - []() - []()