The little clump of cells looked almost like a human embryo. Created from stem cells, without eggs, sperm, or a womb, the ...

A new "atlas" of early embryonic development in mammals suggests ... The new research shows that the initial stages of development — in which the fertilized egg divides a number of times ...

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have mapped how small RNA molecules, such as the recently Nobel Prize-awarded microRNAs, ...

Transposons, specifically LINE-1 elements, previously regarded as genomic parasites, play a pivotal role in early human ...

Embryo development starts when a single egg cell is fertilized and starts dividing continuously. Initially a chaotic cluster, it gradually evolves into a highly organized structure. Scientists have ...

Transposons, once thought to be harmful, are crucial in early human development. They ensure embryo cells grow correctly.

The researchers have studied the spatial organization of DNA that is so particular to these early developmental stages ... is especially relevant during embryo development. When the embryo ...

This finding proves for the first time that vertebrates have more than one type of epigenetic DNA mark and sheds new light on how genes are regulated in the earliest stages of development ...

Results suggest novel roles for LINE1 transposable elements that can be explored in the contexts of diseases, from ...

Discover how early alcohol exposure before embryo implantation can cause lasting molecular changes in the placenta.

The researchers have studied the spatial organization of DNA that is so particular to these early developmental stages ... is especially relevant during embryo development. When the embryo ...