An innovative use of skin cells could provide a route for gay couples or women with fertility problems to have children they ...

Scientists have created egg-like cells capable of fertilization using DNA from ordinary skin cells in what could be a major ...

Human skin cells have been used to produce fertilizable eggs in a proof-of-concept study that heralds a potential new ...

Ever since moviegoers saw the first ‘Jurassic Park,’ millions have wondered if scientists could make a dinosaur in the lab.

When a key protein regulator dials down DNA repair mechanisms, our cells accumulate more mutations, which may cause us to age ...

When a sperm meets an egg, a lot has to go right for an embryo to develop into a complete organism. One critical step of ...

Tiny tweaks in DNA folding can have big effects. A study from Umeå University shows that even the most subtle changes in ...

Scientists are working to create human eggs in a laboratory dish, but the process is proving to be more challenging than expected.

Scientists have developed functional eggs from ordinary human skin cells, a proof of concept that could open up new ways to ...

How does a cell know when it’s been damaged? A molecular alarm, set off by mutated RNA and colliding ribosomes, signals danger. When the sun shines on your skin, what does it hit? When it causes a ...

A new study in fruit flies describes how an animal's gut reacts differently to beneficial microbes versus harmful pathogens.

Pioneering embryologist Shoukhrat Mitalipov reported that his team has encountered hurdles in creating functional human eggs ...