Researchers have used naïve pluripotent stem cells to create an embryo model that looks and acts like a natural human embryo. They say it’s an ethical way of gaining a better understanding of ...

A research team led by Associate Professor Hirofumi Nishizono and graduate student Masaki Kato from the Research Support ...

A stretch of viral DNA in the mouse genome gives cells in early-stage embryos the potential to become almost any cell type in ...

Scientists have uncovered a new way embryonic cells divide when conventional mechanisms fail. Cell division underpins all ...

Researchers at University of Tsukuba have developed a method for culturing fertilized chick eggs without their shells. The eggs were placed in an artificial culture vessel made of transparent film, ...

Cell division is an essential process for all life on earth, yet the exact mechanisms by which cells divide during early ...

As the climate changes, scientists are concerned about how well plants and animals will adapt to rapid warming. A new ...

Ali Brivanlou slides open a glass door at the Rockefeller University in New York to show off his latest experiments probing the mysteries of the human embryo. "As you can see, all my lab is glass — ...

"Volume I ,with 423 illustrations." "Volume II, with 658 illustrations." Volume 1: xviii, 548 pages; volume 2: viii, 1032 pages, 1 leaf of folded plates. Beckwith, J ...