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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

Fertilization is the fusion of two haploid gametes, during the process of sexual reproduction, to initiate the development of a new diploid organism with mixed genetical heritage. In flowering ...

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

Each year, the Nikon Small World In Motion competition showcases compelling microscopic videos that reveal detailed pictures ...

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

It sounds like sci-fi, but the 'third state' consists of cells of a dead organism that function in new ways after the ...