Ferreting out the biological function of dreaming is a frontier in neuroscience.

p53 is possibly the most important protein for maintaining cellular function. Losing it is synonymous with cancer.

An open mind and collaborative spirit have taken Hans Clevers on a journey from medicine to developmental biology, gastroenterology, cancer, and stem cells.

Recent advances in modeling the human placenta, the least understood organ, may inform placental disorders like preeclampsia.

With human research trials resulting in dozens of successful deliveries in the US and abroad, doctors move toward offering the surgery clinically, while working to learn all they can about uterine and transplant biology from the still-rare procedure.

Animals with human cells could provide donor organs or help us understand neuropsychiatric disorders.

The primitive streak, a structure that emerges during mammalian and avian gastrulation, might be a byproduct rather than a landmark of the embryonic development process.

How to make your lab less like a factory and more like a family

Studying the earliest events in visual development, Carla Shatz has learned the importance of looking at one’s data with open eyes—and an open mind.

Meet some of the people featured in the May 2019 issue of The Scientist.