We all start our lives as symmetric balls of cells. In humans, during the first few weeks after fertilization, embryonic ...

Direct reprogramming of one cell type to another may not be probabilistic, but deterministic, suggests a study focused on ...

Researchers found that neural crest stem cells are uniquely capable of reprogramming, challenging current reprogramming theories and opening possibilities for stem cell-based treatments. A research ...

Mature egg cells, or oocytes, are essential for fertilization in assisted reproductive technologies. However, some 'denuded' ...

This is not unexpected, as many cell types in the skin originate from the same location in the embryo as neurons: the ectodermal germ layer. The ectoderm is the outermost of the three layers of ...

In mice, it develops just a few days after fertilization. At this stage, the embryo looks like a cup consisting of two layers of cells and a thick lid. At the bottom of the cup, a new cell population ...

This is not unexpected, as many cell types in the skin originate from the same location in the embryo as neurons: the ectodermal germ layer. The ectoderm is the outermost of the three layers of cells ...

The skin on the nose of many mammals such as dogs, ferrets, and cows, shows grooves forming a multitude of polygons. A team ...

Gastrulation is a process common to nearly all metazoan organisms during which an embryo with distinct tissue layers develops out of a seemingly unstructured assembly of cells referred to as ...