The development of human synthetic embryos was announced at the annual meeting of the International Society for Stem Cell Research. Synthetic embryos are also known as "embryo models", as they ...

Being fruitful, they multiply into a ball of many cells, a shimmering sphere of human potential ... handles its control over the mysteries of embryo development will say a lot about who we ...

Over half of our genomes consists of thousands of remnants of ancient viral DNA, known as transposable elements, which are widespread across the tree of life. Once dismissed as the 'dark side' of the ...

Many top UK scientists are calling for the current 14-day limit on embryo research to be doubled to 28-days, so they can study the unexplored secrets of early human development. Lifting the ban ...

Protein modifications are key to cell survival because they ensure they do what they are supposed to do in a healthy system.

Embryonic stem cells are occupying the minds of most US senators. While it is most pleasing to see cell biology in the limelight, ES cells present the political elite in Washington with one of the ...