A team of researchers at Stanford University working with others from the Stowers Institute for Medical Research, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and The University of British Columbia has uncovered some clues regarding ...
Scientists from the Hubrecht Institute (KNAW) and the University of Cambridge (UK) have managed to generate complex embryo-like structures from mouse embryonic stem cells. These structures, called gastruloids, can now for ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 19, 2020
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How do some mammals postpone the development of their embryos to await better conditions for having offspring? A recent study at the UW Medicine Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine explored this reproductive ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 11, 2020
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Timing is everything for young cells waiting to determine their identities.
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 28, 2019
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During the lifetime of a body—whether human, fish or any other type of vertebrate—cells die, making room for fresh new cells to carry on vital processes. The dead cells must be cleared away, though, and debris removal ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 6, 2019
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What controls the size of an embryo and, by extension, the size of tissue, organs and the whole organism?
Plants & Animals
Sep 2, 2019
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Most multicellular organisms on Earth—including you—begin as a single fertilized egg and then undergo a complex choreography of cellular growth to become a functioning adult composed of countless cells. Understanding ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Aug 2, 2019
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From a biological standpoint, the earliest stages of life are the most mysterious. A developing human embryo undergoes a flurry of rapid changes, and these changes are exceedingly difficult to study because they transpire ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 1, 2019
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It's no surprise that using human embryos for biological and medical research comes with many ethical concerns. Correct though it is to proceed with caution in these matters, the fact is that much science would benefit from ...
Biotechnology
Jun 27, 2019
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Transitions are a hallmark of life. When dormant plants flower in the spring or when a young adult strikes out on their own, there is a shift in control. Similarly, there is a transition during early development when an embryo ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 18, 2019
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