Lab-grown sperm: scientists inch closer to fertility breakthrough
Researchers are trying to make human sperm (shown here in a colourized electron microscope image) from stem cells…
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…
Cell transplant across the tree of life hints at how animals emerged
Researchers transplanted cells between embryos of a comb jelly (Mnemiopsis leidyi, right) and a starlet sea anemone (Nematostella…
Cannibal ‘supergiant’ microbe found hunting and devouring members of own species
Scientists have documented for the first time a microbe that drastically transforms its size, shape, and behaviour into…
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…
how X affects your health
Cholesterol-lowering statins are among the most widely prescribed drugs in the world. They can have side effects, however,…
Single-cell spatiotemporal dissection of the human maternal–fetal interface
Tissue acquisition and processing for joint single-nucleus multiome profiling and spatial transcriptomics Snap-frozen decidual and basal plate samples…
Systemic epigenetic dysregulation as a driver of ageing and a therapeutic target
Guo, J. et al. Aging and aging-related diseases: from molecular mechanisms to interventions and treatments. Signal. Transduct. Target.…
First atlas of brain organization shows development over a lifetime
The regions of the brain that act in concert change as a person matures. Credit: Microscape/SPL Scientists have…
Can a mouse be cloned indefinitely? Decades-long experiment has answers
Scientists harvested eggs from 25th-generation cloned mice and fertilized the eggs, which grew into these early-stage embryos. Credit:…
Brain differences between sexes get more pronounced from puberty
Credit: Cavan Images/Getty Some sex differences in brain-connectivity patterns become more pronounced with age, according to new research.…
ER remodelling is a feature of ageing and depends on ER-phagy
In vivo imaging of ER dynamics in adult C. elegans Many ER proteins are enriched in specific structural…