In the book "What We Inherit," experts unpack long-standing myths about genes and how those myths could shape public opinion around emerging embryo-selection technologies.

Researchers at the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences (LMS) and Imperial College London have shown for the first time that, before they can start developing into egg and sperm cells, the embryonic ...

Researchers at the University of Connecticut have reported a novel bovine embryonic stem cell line with improved pluripotency ...

Researchers used a high-energy particle accelerator in France to produce rare, high-resolution three-dimensional ...

In our cells, our DNA carries chemical or 'epigenetic' marks that decide how genes will be used in different tissues. Yet in the group of specialised ...

The Florida couple's lawsuit alleges that the baby girl born in December was not genetically their child, and they don't know ...

Insights from theoretical physics are helping scientists understand how living cells process information and use it to self-organise Researchers ...

In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) serves as a hopeful solution for couples who face challenges with their ability to conceive. Medical advancements have re.

Week 3 of pregnancy is a critical stage when the embryo begins to grow rapidly. During this week, cells divide at an astonishing rate, laying the foundation for all future tissues and organs. This ...

Conditional genetics and single-embryo RNA-seq show that SETDB1 extinguishes the transient, retroelement-driven transcriptional programs of the totipotent two-cell state to facilitate the exit from ...

Rowan University biology professor Natasha Shylo is exploring left-right asymmetry development with a grant from the National Institutes of Health.

Multicellularity is one of the most profound phenomena in biology, and relies on the ability of a single cell to reorganize itself into a complex organism. It underpins the diversity in the animal ...