Compared with our distant cousins the reptiles, the faces of mammals are made more complex by a protruding nose that is ... about the facial development of embryonic mice also appears to apply ...

These structures help keep the nose moist and aid in the sense of smell and temperature regulation. Now, a new study has ...

Development is the process by which a fertilized egg, or embryo, generates the cells, tissues, and organs of a new individual and assembles them into their proper form. Evolution produces the body ...

Organoids are made to model human organs and are promising for research and therapy, but there are limitations in their growth and function. A recent study found that placenta-derived IL1 under ...

Studying the early development of human embryos is challenging due to ethical constraints and technical difficulties.

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 ...

They targeted regions of the genome known to be involved in the development of an early embryo. This allowed them to control which genes were activated, and induce the creation of the main types ...