Describes a cell capable of developing into any type of cell or tissue except those that form a placenta or embryo.
Over two weeks in March, four teams reported the self-assembly from stem cells of structures resembling human embryos...
Development of a new 'intermediate' embryonic stem cell type, able to generate gamete cells and chimeras, could lead to advances in regenerative medicine and reproductive biology...
Chromosome ends are protected differently in stem cells compared to adult cells...
New research into how embryonic stem cells renew themselves could pave the way for tissue and organ regeneration therapies...
Scientists in the USA have developed a system to induce hair growth on skin-like structures grafted on to mice...
US researchers have generated novel early embryo models — called blastoids — from mouse stem cells and implanted them into surrogate mice...
Neanderthal 'mini-brains' have been successfully grown in a dish by a team from the University of California, San Diego...
The problem of fertility preservation for girls and women undergoing cancer treatments has been a subject of research for many decades. The recent study by McLaughlin and colleagues from Professor Evelyn Telfer's lab at the University of Edinburgh, UK, is
What exactly are SHEEFs and IVGs? How might they shed light on the mysteries of early embryo development, and offer new hope to those affected by infertility? These questions were the focus of the second session at Progress Educational Trust's one-day con
Recent debate over the safety of CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing following a study that suggested it can cause hundreds of unexpected mutations left me puzzled...
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