Type 1 diabetes develops when the body destroys its own insulin-producing cells. Using stem cells to replace them could be a ...

Kidney cells can make memories too. At least, in a molecular sense. Neurons have historically been the cell most associated with memory. But far outside the brain, kidney cells can also store ...

When frostbitten limbs warm up again, blood rushes back into the tissue. With that blood come compounds such as histamines ...

Scientists in Europe believe they may have finally solved the long-debated question of which came first: the chicken or the ...

When a vertebrate embryo develops, a group of cells self-organizes into the neural tube, eventually becoming the brain and ...

Researchers discovered that maritime pine seeds retain an epigenetic memory of temperatures experienced during embryogenesis, ...

The seeds of maritime pines remember the temperatures they experienced during early development. This memory persists in ...

Congenital heart defects are the most common human birth defect, affecting around 1% of newborns. People with heart defects often show low levels of a protein that helps transport a key metabolite, ...

Despite those difficulties, her story is considered a success. Other uterus recipients have also experienced pregnancy ...

Then, the female partner receives hormone injections for 10 to 12 days, which allows multiple eggs to mature inside the ...

Pregnancy loss is estimated to occur in about 10 percent of known pregnancies ... I have felt intrinsically attached to what science has shown to be a collection of duplicating cells. At times in my ...

Gastruloids are three-dimensional aggregates of embryonic stem cells grown in the lab in a controlled environment ... Early ...