Typically, female mouse embryos with two X chromosomes develop ovaries because a gene called Sox9 is suppressed. In male ...

It’s challenging to sustain a pregnancy when food is short, or conditions are otherwise tough. That’s why many mammalian embryos can postpone their growth to get through periods of environmental ...

Scientists at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC), used CRISPR to engineer cellular models of embryos that mimic what happens in the first few days after reproductive cells meet. These ...

Scientists have created a 6-legged mouse embryo with an extra pair of hindlimbs at the expense of their external genitalia. But far from creating a monster, this rudimentary rodent provides important ...

Magdalena (Magda) Zernicka-Goetz, today a developmental and stem cell biologist at the University of Cambridge and California Institute of Technology, recalled being an artistic child who enjoyed ...

Figure 1. Experimental design scheme for testing the regenerative effects of platelet rich plasma (PRP) in chemotherapy-induced ovarian damage mouse models using CD1 and C57BL/6 strains. Abbreviations ...

In science, ethical guidelines ensure that research takes place in a way that respects public trust and is conducted ...