Descriptions of the embryo go back at least to the time of Aristotle, but it has only been since the late 19 th century and early 20 th century that advances in experimental approaches allowed ...

A lot happens in the first month of human embryo development as a single cell morphs into multitudes. Yet despite its significance, this period is basically a “black box” to researchers, says stem ...

Researchers have uncovered how proteins normally active only before birth can drive aggressive lung cancer, opening new ...

Skin wound healing shows a unique cellular function mechanism involving the interaction of several cells, growth factors, and ...

Under his microscope, Jun Wu could see several tiny spheres, each less than 1 millimetre wide. They looked just like human embryos: a dark cluster of cells surrounded by a cavity, and then another ...

Developmental biologists at Tufts University in Massachusetts have produced what they call “neurobots”, small clumps of cells ...

Scientists have long observed that embryos of different species within a phylum look quite distinct at early and late ...

Most people have heard of stem cells. They are often described as "miracle" cells –ones that can grow into any other type of cell in our bodies, promising revolutionary medical treatments. However, ...

An Aug. 11 article about stem cells misspelled the name of National Institutes of Health official Lana Skirboll. (Published 8/13/01) For all the restrictions President Bush imposed on federal funding ...

When there’s nothing else to prescribe, hope works like a drug. A quadriplegic patient tells herself it’s not a matter of if they find a cure but when. Who’s to say whether salvation is still 10 or 15 ...

Jennifer Zenker receives funding from NHMRC and Viertel Foundation. Most people have heard of stem cells. They are often described as “miracle” cells –ones that can grow into any other type of cell in ...