Researchers have uncovered how egg cells prepare for the creation of life. Their work reveals the secrets of the Balbiani body (Bb), a remarkable structure that organizes essential molecules to guide ...

Scientists have officially grown a notochord—the tissues that act as the “GPS for the developing embryo” by guiding the ...

How cells utilize electric fields to guide their migration during embryonic development. As an embryo develops, cells ...

The development of human synthetic embryos was announced at the annual meeting of the International Society for Stem Cell Research. Synthetic embryos are also known as "embryo models", as they ...

Embryo models—that is, embryos created using stem cells—could provide a real alternative for studying some of the hardest ...

Over half of our genomes consists of thousands of remnants of ancient viral DNA, known as transposable elements, which are widespread across the tree of life. Once dismissed as the 'dark side' of the ...

Human embryo clones have become a "holy ... A human life begins upwards of two weeks into development. We have this little bundle of cells." He admitted other scientists might be able to use ...

Infertility is a major global challenge associated with physiological and psychological impact. Genetic mutations that affect ...

Destructive Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research—The term “destructive human embryonic stem cell research” means any research that involves the disaggregation of any human embryo for the ...