Scientists Build Embryo-Like Structures From Human Stem Cells
Research on human embryos is vital to understanding the earliest stages of human development. Currently, this research is conducted on surplus embryos willingly donated by…
Research on human embryos is vital to understanding the earliest stages of human development. Currently, this research is conducted on surplus embryos willingly donated by…
Study suggests some medications might inhibit virus replication in human cells. Despite the development of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines, effective therapeutics are needed until worldwide immunity has…
Researchers from the group of Hans Clevers in collaboration with the group of Bart Haagmans (Erasmus MC) established an organoid biobank to search for the…
How the cell can mend broken DNA using another DNA copy as template has puzzled researchers for years. How is it possible to find the…
New TU Dresden research group aims to uncover how stem cells respond to mechanical forces and electrical cues during the development and maintenance of the…
Like a well-trained soldier, a white blood cell uses specialized abilities to identify and ultimately destroy dangerous intruders, including creating a protrusion to effectively reach…
A top exercise researcher at the University of Virginia School of Medicine has revealed how our bodies ensure the proper functioning of the powerhouses of our cells….
Blue light is illuminating new understanding of a key signaling pathway in embryo development, tissue maintenance, and cancer genesis. Researchers at the University of Illinois…
On the Outskirts of the Nucleus If you open a biology textbook and run through the images depicting how DNA is organized in the cell’s…
Plant roots and animal embryos rely on the same chemical for successful development. What do frog eggs have in common with anti-aging creams? Their success…
The second week of gestation represents a critical stage of embryo development, or embryogenesis. Failure of development during this time is one of the major…
DNA supercoiling is an important contributor to the control of gene expression, and not just collateral damage that cells have to solve. The (when stretched)…
A simple mechanism could underlie the growth and self-replication of protocells—putative ancestors of modern living cells—suggests a study publishing today (September 3, 2021) in Biophysical…
Human evolution has provided us a level of protection from the existential threat of cold temperatures with the capacity to produce heat from fat stored…
Genetically encoded reporter proteins have been a mainstay of biotechnology research, allowing scientists to track gene expression, understand intracellular processes, and debug engineered genetic circuits….
Beige is considered a calming paint color, and scientists have new evidence that beige fat has a similar impact on the brain, bringing down the…
A newly discovered fat ‘shield’ that prevents natural killer cells from being destroyed by their own deadly biological weapons also allows some cancer cells to…
Human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) can be used to generate brain organoids containing an eye structure called the optic cup, according to a study…