For the first time, a stem cell model has produced a structure resembling an early human embryo with a yolk-sac-like ...

Their findings, recently reported in the journal Nature, overturn longstanding assumptions in developmental biology and could ...

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 ...

The team observed the emergence of the three-dimensional embryo-like structures under a microscope in the lab. These started producing blood (seen here in red) after around two weeks of development - ...

Images and videos of embryo modelsFor the first time, stem cells typically considered restricted to forming body tissues spontaneously formed a ...

Eating large amounts of ultra-processed food (UPF) is linked not only to reduced fertility in men, but also to slower growth ...

With weMERFISH, the MERFISHEYES atlas and the integration of live imaging, researchers now have a new tool at their disposal.

Millions of neurons branch throughout our bodies, keeping them in close communication with our brains. This peripheral ...