Life begins with a single fertilized cell that gradually transforms into a multicellular organism. This process requires ...

Descriptions of the embryo go back at least to the time of Aristotle, but it has only been since the late 19 th century and early 20 th century that advances in experimental approaches allowed ...

Scientists are exploring ways to mimic the origins of human life without two fundamental components: sperm and egg. They are coaxing clusters of stem cells – programmable cells that can transform into ...

Cell division is an essential process for all life on Earth, yet the exact mechanisms by which cells divide during early ...

Megan Molteni reports on discoveries from the frontiers of genomic medicine, neuroscience, and reproductive tech. She joined STAT in 2021 after covering health and science at WIRED. You can reach ...

Cell division is an essential process for all life on earth, yet the exact mechanisms by which cells divide during early ...

The mystery of early embryonic communication is starting to be unraveled thanks to a new stem cell-based model.

For several years, researchers studied human embryonic stem cells (ESCs) to understand the unique features of these pluripotent cells, but on their own, they poorly resembled the complex structures ...

Caltech researchers have developed a powerful new method for creating embryo-like structures from stem cells that could transform how we study fertility. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci ...