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The embryo, grown in a dish from several types of stem cells, went through gastrulation, a significant stage in development.

The influence of genetic variants tops that of socioeconomic status.

Scientists are finding patterns in symptoms among a handful of people with mutations in HNRNPU.

Cell biologist Irina Stancheva was dismissed in June 2017 after a scientific misconduct investigation.

Genetics pioneer Craig Venter is not named as a defendant, but the company he founded alleges that he stole trade secrets.

Microbes were living on land as early as 3.22 billion years ago, fossilized rocks show, 500 million years earlier than previously documented.

Reshaping how the Endangered Species Act is implemented is seen as a way to streamline bureaucracy, but critics of the plan say it will leave species at greater risk of extinction.

Historically thought to be a refuge for coral growing in the shallows, coral reefs from oceanic depths face similar threats, finds a new study.

High-profile universities produce fewer papers, and with lesser influence, per federal dollar than less-celebrated recipients of federal funding.

Consortia in both countries are pushing for open-access subscriptions with the publisher.

Under one name the species is used in food fermentation, and under the other it is a drug-resistant cause of yeast infections.

Phages that die during bacterial invasion help other viruses defeat the microbes’ immune responses.