“Being able to generate brain tissues from one species ... involves injecting rat stem cells into mouse blastocysts—early-stage embryos lacking the ability to develop a pancreas due to genetic ...

used mouse stem cells that are commonly grown in the lab to guide them to form basic building blocks of the embryo. The team ...

It also plays an important role in the proper closure of the neural tube—the part of an embryo where the brain and spinal cord ... sister-cell elimination in mouse embryos,” by Filip Vasilev ...

Figure 1: Genes governing the development of the preimplantation mouse embryo. Most gene-expression studies have so far pointed towards changes in Tr gene expression during blastocyst dormancy or ...

Researchers from the University of New Hampshire looked at the developmental process of the cerebral cortex—the outermost layer of the brain—and examined how neurons, or nerve cells, refine their ...

In a potentially major breakthrough for regenerative medicine, scientists at MIT have developed a way to convert skin cells ...

Brain cells. Skin, bone ... keep these cells alive is to place them on a layer of other cells taken from mouse embryos, a time-consuming requirement. Hunched over lab benches, deftly handling ...

Oxytocin is a chemical messenger that has effects on the brain and throughout the body ... they removed the mice's uteruses ...

For this study, the team used mouse stem cells to form the basic building blocks of the embryo. They then used an epigenome editor to target regions of the genome known to be involved in early ...

It also plays an important role in the proper closure of the neural tube—the part of an embryo where the brain and spinal cord ... sister-cell elimination in mouse embryos, Developmental Cell ...

used mouse stem cells that are commonly grown in the lab to guide them to form basic building blocks of the embryo. The team used a version of CRISPR technology known as an epigenome editor ...

Scientists have discovered that oxytocin, commonly known as the "love hormone," may help pause early pregnancy by triggering ...