Eaton studied morphology and growth during development at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics.

Human embryonic stem cells differentiate and organize themselves on a chip.

The research may necessitate the formation of new ethical guidelines.

Researchers study how oxygen around an embryo helps shape the way feet and digits form in amphibians and chickens.

Emails reveal that a facility in Dubai and others have asked geneticist He Jiankui for help in gene-editing embryos.

Gulf killifish have made a stunning comeback in Houston with the help of genetic mutations imported from interspecies mating with Atlantic killifish.

Rhesus monkeys engineered to express a human gene reportedly show delayed brain development and better short-term memory. Fellow scientists are raising ethical red flags.

One of the foremost molecular biologists of the 20th century, the Nobel laureate established C. elegans as a model organism, mapping its genes and development.

Many researchers see the move to relax the rules as a welcome change, yet some are worried the revisions don’t take public concerns enough into consideration.