A stretch of viral DNA in the mouse genome gives cells in early-stage embryos the potential to become almost any cell type in ...

Scientists have uncovered a new way embryonic cells divide when conventional mechanisms fail. Cell division underpins all ...

Infertility is a major healthcare concern. Understanding the molecular regulators governing fertilization, early embryonic ...

As the climate changes, scientists are concerned about how well plants and animals will adapt to rapid warming. A new ...

Molecular mechanism uncovered in mice by UC Santa Cruz researchers reveals how a father’s diet, stress, and other ...

Scientists at UNIGE Faculty of Medicine show how genetic switches activate then deactivate the genes responsible for embryonic development. Their findings, published in Nature Communications, decipher ...

Researchers have gained new insights into the mechanism behind the spatial organization of DNA within the cells of early embryos. When an embryo is first formed after fertilization, each cell has the ...

The mystery of early embryonic communication is starting to be unraveled thanks to a new stem cell-based model.

Embryonic development is a finely orchestrated process in which a single cell differentiates into the myriad specialised tissues that comprise a fully formed organism. Central to this process are ...

A research team led by Associate Professor Hirofumi Nishizono and graduate student Masaki Kato from the Research Support ...

The world is full of unusual unicellular organisms and microbes, many of which have not been discovered yet. In 2017, scientists identified a single-celled marine organism called Chromosphaera ...