The role of Fibroblast Growth Factor 8 (FGF8) in embryonic development and organ formation is gaining increased recognition as scientists uncover its wide-ranging influence. FGF8, a powerful signaling ...

(A) Immunohistochemistry of Dlc1 in E12.5 mouse embryos. AVC, atrio-ventricular canal; A, atrium; V, ventricle. Scale bar, 500/100 μm. (B) Schematic illustration of the in vitro hanging drop ...

One of the most fundamental questions in biology is how a single fertilized egg produces the diverse cell types making up the body – from neurons and skin to muscle and blood – that bear the same ...

A new discovery by researchers challenges our current understanding of gastrulation, the most important stage of early embryonic development. When the zygote, or the fertilised egg, starts to develop, ...

For the first time, a stem cell model has produced a structure resembling an early human embryo with a yolk-sac-like structure, from a single starting stem cell population and without direct genetic ...

When Berna Sozen, PhD, assistant professor of Developmental Stem Cell Biology at Yale, was in her first weeks of pregnancy, she couldn’t help but wonder about what exactly was going on in the “black ...

The model demonstrates never-before-seen potential in human pluripotent stem cells Key takeawaysFor the first time, stem cells typically considered ...

The discovery of a gene essential to early embryonic development sheds light on the preliminary stages of human placenta formation. A team led by scientists from the University of California San Diego ...

For the first time, a stem cell model has produced a structure resembling an early human embryo with a yolk-sac-like ...

The ethical dimension of embryonic stem cell research looms so large in the public consciousness that the underlying science often gets taken for granted. But within the ESC research community, ...