When a vertebrate embryo develops, a group of cells self-organizes into the neural tube, eventually becoming the brain and the spinal cord. This involves specific signals, but how these signals are ...

A year after selling its fertility practice, Baystate Health will close its Reproductive Biology Lab and has begun notifying ...

A letter sent out to IVF patients at Baystate Medical Center has raised concerns for families across western Massachusetts ...

The Alabama Supreme Court ruled in February that embryos held in storage by IVF clinics are "extrauterine children." ...

CT-Scans use Röntgen radiation, known as X-rays -- they penetrate through most materials and are captured by a special film ...

Amphibians hold a significant place in evolution, representing the transition from aquatic to terrestrial lifestyles. They ...

In 1896, in his seminal work “The Cell in Development and Inheritance”, the cell biologist Edmund B. Wilson formulated a ...

The ISC Class 12 Biology Exam Pattern 2025 is designed to measure students' understanding of biological concepts, analytical ...

Can a single protein-encoding gene determine whether a vertebrate embryo develops normally? Yes, according to Osaka Metropolitan University researchers, who found that suppression of Pcdh8 is ...

UC researchers activated two genes, BBM1 and WOX9A, to enable asexual reproduction in rice, creating high-yielding clonal ...

Rice is a staple food crop for more than half the world's population, but most farmers don't grow high-yielding varieties ...