The earliest days after fertilization, once a sperm cell meets an egg, are shrouded in scientific mystery. The process of how ...

A paralysed man can stand on his own after receiving an injection of neural stem cells to treat his spinal cord injury. The ...

The sugar glucose, which is the main source of energy in almost every living cell, has been revealed in a Stanford Medicine study to also be a master regulator of tissue differentiation - the process ...

A growing body of work suggests that cell metabolism — the chemical reactions that provide energy and building materials — ...

One of the most amazing things to happen in biology in the last couple of years is cellular reprogramming. We learned how to ...

Scientists have found a way to study early embryonic development without real embryos. Using CRISPR, they programmed stem cells to self-organize into structures mimicking early embryos. The cells show ...

First Mouse With Two Male Parents to Reach Adulthood Jan. 28, 2025 — A team of stem cell scientists have successfully used embryonic stem cell engineering to create a bi-paternal mouse -- a ...

UCSC scientists have used CRISPR to develop programmable embryoids that can be used to study early embryo development and ...

In a potentially major breakthrough for regenerative medicine, scientists at MIT have developed a way to convert skin cells ...

Converting one type of cell to another—for example, a skin cell to a neuron—can be done through a process that requires the ...

Only a few universities nationwide, including the University of Southern California and Harvard, offer courses that allow ...

A study led by Prof. Liu Feng from the Institute of Zoology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has identified a crucial role ...