Embryo model resembles the early stages of the complete human central nervous system
Human pluripotent stem cells have been used to create a complete model of the human central nervous system and mirror its early stages of development in vitro...
by Rithika Bose
Human pluripotent stem cells have been used to create a complete model of the human central nervous system and mirror its early stages of development in vitro...
by Professor David Whittingham
Professor David Whittingham recalls the life and work of his friend, Professor Ryuzo Yanagimachi, who died at the age of 95 last year. Professor Yanagimachi made many key contributions to the study of mammalian fertilisation...
Patient-derived tumour organoids can predict how effectively patients with bowel cancer will respond to drug treatment, according to a new study...
Viral genetic material, integrated into our DNA millions of years ago, has an essential role in a key early stage in embryo development...
Throughout 2024, PET will be celebrating the 25th birthday of BioNews. BioNews launched as a weekly digital publication in March 1999, and today we are publishing our 1225th edition...
by Olivia Goff
A rhesus monkey has been successfully cloned and has become the first of its kind to reach adulthood, Chinese scientists have revealed...
Brain organoids developed from fetal tissue offer a new way to model brain diseases and aid in drug testing....
A human embryo model created from adult stem cells shows the production of blood cells during early development...
Methods for modelling development, including stem-cell-based embryo models, have been named Method of the Year by Nature Methods...
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