In this valuable study, through carefully executed and rigorously controlled experiments, the authors challenged a previously reported role of the Death Receptor 6 (DR6/Tnfrsf21) in Wallerian ...

University of Cambridge scientists have used human stem cells to create three-dimensional embryo-like structures that ...

The embryo-like model could help scientists test new drugs, create stem cells for transplants and research blood disorders ...

For optimistic parents, the embryo transfer during IVF is a moment of joy and apprehension. But when implantation doesn’t occur, one is left not only with medical questions, but with a deep and aching ...

Seven UCSF investigators are receiving the prestigious award for their research from the National Institutes of Health.

Pregnancy doesn't begin the moment a sperm fertilizes an egg — it is a complex process that takes time and involves lots of luck.

The same pulling force that causes “tears” in a glass of wine also shapes embryos. It’s another example of how genes exploit ...

Sir John Gurdon, the biologist, who has died aged 92, successfully cloned a tadpole from a single cell in 1962, paving the ...

In zebrafish, researchers at the CRCHUM discover that the RFC1 gene plays a key role in the development of the brain region ...

In a groundbreaking study, Chinese researchers have revealed how a single plant cell can develop into a whole plant, ...

For small business owners, defining how teams and vendors use AI is an emerging challenge with an ever-expanding scope. In ...

Human eggs made from a volunteer’s skin DNA were fertilized in a lab in September, and some grew for nearly a week, though ...