New research shows that DNA replication in early mouse embryos doesn't follow the expected patterns seen in older cells. A ...

Animal embryogenesis is the process by which the embryo develops from the fertilised egg cell. Important events that occur during embryogenesis are gastrulation, formation of the early nervous ...

From a baby tardigrade riding a nematode, to water droplets evaporating from the wing scales of a peacock butterfly, the ...

The sequencing of the human genome at the turn of the 21st century was heralded as a monumental scientific achievement ...

Video of cell division occurring in a developing fly embryo named winner of the 14th annual Nikon Small World in Motion ...

Epigenetics regulates gene expression through modifications, impacting health and disease. Aberrant patterns can lead to ...

Scientists have perfected the recipe to convert giant panda skin cells into stem cells to study the animal’s biology and aid ...

Proto-oncogenes regulate cell growth; mutations convert them to oncogenes, leading to cancer by disrupting normal cell ...

A team of researchers in the US has claimed that cells from a dead organism are able to exist in a 'third state' - a ...

IVF could be improved if a "lost" mechanism to control the pace of human embryonic development could be retored.