Scientists discover new cell type that may help regulate blood vessel growth in the heart
Researchers have discovered a new cell type that may help regulate blood vessel growth in the heart during…
Developmental xenocortication using human-derived organoids in mice
Genetically encoded cortical depletion Emx1-cre (JAX, B6.129S2-Emx1tm1(cre)Krj/J), Esco2fl/fl (JAX, B6N.129S-Esco2tm1.1Ge/J) and C57BL SCID (JAX, B6.Cg-Prkdcscid/SzJ) mice were used…
Zebrafish relatives as models for functional comparative genetics and genomics
Irion, U. & Nusslein-Volhard, C. Developmental genetics with model organisms. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 119, e2122148119 (2022).…
Early Exercise May Permanently Change How Much Energy the Body Uses To Move
Physical demands during growth may leave a lasting mark on how efficiently the body moves. In an experiment…
DARPA funds project to build wireless yeast DNA printer
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has tasked scientists with developing a system that can receive instructions…
A Human-Specific Gene May Help Explain Our Extraordinary Brainpower
A human-specific gene may help explain why key brain cells mature so slowly and what that timing means…
Engineered scaffold restores skull growth in craniosynostosis mouse models
An engineered triphasic biomaterial scaffold successfully recreated the cranial suture stem cell niche lost in craniosynostosis, a condition…
Scientists Discover a Gene That Boosts Youth – but It Comes With a Cost
Researchers found that vgll3 boosts early-life growth and reproduction but increases aging and cancer risk later, providing strong…
Scientists Just Repeated a Nobel Prize-Winning Experiment in a Creature Older Than Jellyfish
Experiments on comb jelly embryos reveal that a core developmental process shared across animals may trace back to…
Scientists Discover a Biological Clock Unlike Anything Seen Before
A master clock made up of the proteins MYRF-1 and LIN-42 coordinates the timing and duration of gene…
Space embryos: China launches lab-grown human cells into orbit to study reproduction
China has sent artificially constructed human embryo models to the Tiangong space station, marking the first known attempt…
Scientists discover immune sentinel cells within skin hair follicles
Researchers at the School of Medicine at the University of California, Riverside have discovered previously unrecognized immune surveillance structures in…