We have identified the gene that, when activated, initiates the developmental programme that results in cells forming a human ...

Men have nipples because embryos are sexually neutral for their first six weeks. Here's the developmental blueprint behind ...

Chinese scientists have successfully developed an embryonic disc-like gastrulation model known as Disc-Gastruloid, unlocking ...

In order for vertebrate embryos to develop their body axes, they require what is known as an embryonic signaling center. This ...

Researchers led by developmental biologist Kathy Niakan at the University of Cambridge have used base editing in human embryos to learn more about human embryonic development. By deactivating a gene ...

To add to the 70 th anniversary celebrations of the British Developmental Biology Society, Nature Communications would like to highlight some of our developmental biology papers published in the ...

The expression of murine endogenous retrovirus-L (MERVL) is transiently upregulated at the two-cell stage in mouse embryos, coinciding with zygotic genome activation and the acquisition of totipotency ...

Using CRISPR-based engineering methods to prompt stem cells to organize into embryo-like structures, scientists were able to create 'programmable' cellular models of embryos without ever experimenting ...

Among the body's most crucial protective features are the brain barrier systems, including the blood-brain and blood-cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) barriers. These barriers are made of highly specialized ...

An international team of experts in embryology and bioethics has published the first white paper on the use of embryonic models based on stem cells in the field of reproductive biology. The document, ...