This image shows a chimera human-monkey blastocyst. Credit: Weizhi Ji, Kunming University of Science and Technology Investigators in China and the United States have injected…
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Professor Jose Polo in front of images of the iBlastoids. Credit: Monash University For first time, fibroblast-derived model of early embryo will allow extensive study…
You’ve heard of animals that can lose and then regenerate a tail or limb. But scientists reporting in the journal Current Biology on March 8 have now…
Immunofluorescence analysis of a group of proliferating stem cells associated with a muscle fiber (grey). The stem cells produce Dll1 (red) and MyoD (green). Two…
The banyan tree Ficus macrocarpa produces aerial roots that give it its distinctive look. A new study reveals the genomic changes that allow the tree…
Neuronal fibers in a healthy brain (top) and a brain with agenesis of the corpus callosum (bottom). In the healthy brain, the two hemispheres are…
Flame retardants in the home are nearly impossible to avoid, and transfer from mothers to offspring in mice. Mice develop diabetes after exposure through mothers.…
This photo shows a young female gelada grooming the dominant breeding male of her group. Credit: Rachel Perlman Most mammals — including humans and other…
A chimpanzee mother’s presence and support throughout the prolonged childhood years allow their offspring time to learn the skills they need to survive in adulthood.…
Mother-pup pair of the greater sac-winged bat, Saccopteryx bilineata, in their daytime roost. The pup (dark fur color) is holding on to the mother’s belly…
Image analysis of human gastruloid showing ‘anteroposterior’ patterning. Green is posterior part similar to tail-end of an embryo, magenta is anterior part similar to developing…
New research led by scientists from Newcastle University and the University of Nottingham has shown that typical teenage behavior doesn’t just occur in young humans…
A group of narwhals is called a blessing. Males (with tusks) and females are found in the Arctic seas. Credit: Carsten Egevang, Greenland Institute of…
Cells that eventually become neurons (red, orange, and yellow spheres) migrate during embryonic development. The migrating baby neurons that build the spinal cord are color-coded…