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 ...

As a result of my nuclear transfer experiments, speculation arose about the possibility of making human ... cells, it is remarkable how effectively this state can be reversed by nuclear transfer ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Two weeks after a human egg is fertilized, primordial germ cells (PGCs), which develop ... at the National Center for Child Health and Development, said the latest research marked a significant ...

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

The study could serve as proof-of-concept for future fertility treatments aimed at reversing aging in human egg cells — but ...