Life begins with a single fertilized cell that gradually transforms into a multicellular organism. This process requires ...

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 ...

Scientists at UCSC used CRISPR technology to create embryo-like structures, or embryoids, from stem cells. These programmable models mimic early developmental stages and allow scientists to study gene ...

Biologists have provided new insights on a longstanding puzzle in biology: How complex organisms arise from a single fertilized cell. Producing a new 'gene atlas' with 4-D imaging, the researchers ...

Researchers from the University of Adelaide have discovered that the earliest days of embryo development have a measurable impact on a person’s future health and ageing. Professor Rebecca Robker, ...

Implantation, one of the most poorly understood phases of early human development, occurs in the depths of the womb, at a ...

High-resolution 3D womb model gives insights into embryo implantation, infertility, and signals between embryo and mother, ...

Researchers have developed a new embryo-like model derived from adult cells that replicates key features of early human development, including the generation of blood cells. University of Pittsburgh ...

Transposable elements are stretches of DNA that can move around the genome. Many of these DNA sequences originate from long ago, when viruses inserted ...