The process, which would carry significant safety concerns, involves removing the nucleus from a woman's skin cell and ...

A groundbreaking study has revealed that your mom and dad’s DNA don’t just pass on telomere length, they actively reshape it ...

Scientists have created the first detailed day-by-day map of human embryo development using single-cell technology.

Our ancient past isn't always buried history. When it comes to our DNA, nearly 9% of the human genome is made up of leftover ...

Over the past few decades, growing evidence has challenged the belief that inheritance is governed solely by DNA sequences.

Despite being an essential developmental process, the understanding of human embryonic genome activation is limited, owing to the lack of in vitro cell models and ethical concerns. To advance ...

A new discovery by researchers challenges our current understanding of gastrulation, the most important stage of early embryonic development. When the zygote, or the fertilised egg, starts to develop, ...

The role of tissue that forms between the head and trunk of a fly embryo has been unclear. It turns out that it absorbs forces when nearby cells move and divide. An early fruit-fly embryo comprises a ...

EMBL researchers found metabolism plays a signaling role during embryonic development, not just an energy-providing one. In mouse embryos, metabolic activity slowed the segmentation clock that ...

To study pattern formation, researchers used a method called the landscape-flux framework — which can be extended to other ...

Consider the crustacean Parhyale hawaiensis, a tiny crustacean with some interesting attributes. “It’s been called a ‘living Swiss army knife,’” said Dillon Cislo, the lead author of a study that ...