HOUSTON – (Aug. 9, 2022) – Knowing the structure of a complex biological system isn’t nearly enough to understand how it works. It helps to know how the system moves. In that light, Rice University ...

Embryonic cells need to divide, fast. But mess with their chromatin, and they’ll stall. The moment a sperm and egg fuse, they become something special: a totipotent zygote cell, fast-dividing and able ...