News tagged with embryological development

New twist on ex ovo culture in bird

Birds, such as the chicken, provide an excellent model for the study of many developmental processes, and remain one of the most commonly studied species in classical embryology. The earliest stages of avian ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jan 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Some skin cancer may be mediated by primary cilia activity

Tiny, solitary spikes that stick out of nearly every cell in the body play a central role in a type of skin cancer, new research has found. The discovery in mice shows that the microscopic structures known as primary cilia ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1




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Stem cell research in the UK reaches significant milestone

Stem cell scientists at King's College London will today announce they have submitted to the UK Stem Cell Bank (UKSCB) their first clinical grade human embryonic stem (hES) cell lines that are free from animal-derived products, ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Getting inside the mind (and up the nose) of our ancient ancestors

(PhysOrg.com) -- Reorganisation of the brain and sense organs could be the key to the evolutionary success of vertebrates, one of the great puzzles in evolutionary biology, according to a paper by an international ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Aug 17, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Insights into the story of the eye

(PhysOrg.com) -- Although it is well established that embryonic stem cells (ESCs) have the capacity to develop into every adult cell type in the body, mysteries abound regarding the process by which the differentiation ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jul 04, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Swedish model slashes multiple-birth risk in IVF pregnancies

Swedish doctors on Monday presented a new method they said dramatically reduces the risk of multiple births from in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) without affecting chances of having a baby.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jul 04, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Higher chance of twins after IVF for taller women: study

Taller women who become pregnant after receiving two embryos through in-vitro fertilisation have more chance of giving birth to twins, a Dutch study presented Monday found.

Medicine & Health / Other

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Study: Rare deep-sea starfish stuck in juvenile body plan

A team of scientists has combined embryological observations, genetic sequencing, and supercomputing to determine that a group of small disk-shaped animals that were once thought to represent a new class of ...

Biology / Evolution

created May 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

The self-made eye: Formation of optic cup from ES cells

Groundbreaking research from the RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology (CDB) shows how mouse stem cells spontaneously form into optic cups, the precursors of eyes. A report on this research, published this week in Nature, sheds ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Algae that live inside the cells of salamanders are the first known vertebrate endosymbionts

A species of algae long known to associate with spotted salamanders has been discovered to live inside the cells of developing embryos, say scientists from the U.S. and Canada, who report their findings in ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 04, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (9) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Not so fast: Differences in the first embryonic cell lineage decision of mammals

New research shows that all not mammals are created equal. In fact, this work shows that the animals most commonly used by scientists to study mammalian genetics -- mice -- develop unusually quickly and may not always be ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Feb 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A new model to predict accurate outcomes for IVF

Couple-and treatment-specific factors can be used to provide infertile couples with an accurate assessment of the likelihood of having a successful outcome following in-vitro fertilisation (IVF). A new prediction model created ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

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