embryonic stem cells

Studying human embryonic development is complicated for several reasons. Models derived from pluripotent stem cells representing distinct stages offer a path to studying this process.

Culturing pluripotent stem cells to replicate different stages of embryonic development allows researchers to more easily investigate this period.

Leveraging the versatility of stem cells allows researchers to advance science across multiple disciplines.

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

The findings will likely help elucidate the effects of chromosome fusions, which can cause disease but have also contributed to evolution.

Using stem cells and a bioreactor, researchers generated living embryos that survived for more than a week and began to develop internal organs.

Two new papers describe the generation of so-called blastoids, which could avoid the use of embryonic cells and make studying early human development much more accessible.

The members of a new advisory board to the NIH met for the first time and will weigh in on federal funding for grants that rely on donated tissue from abortions.

The Trump administration’s changes to policy involving material donated from abortions have led scientists to adjust their research projects or seek alternative sources of funding.

External researchers funded by US federal grants can continue their experiments under tighter scrutiny.

The bipaternal pups died soon after birth, but mice with two mothers grew into fertile adults.

With just a molecular nudge, aggregates of embryonic stem cells take shape as a “gastroloid,” bearing the genetic hallmarks and spatial organization of early development.

The organ’s blood-pumping capacity improved with the infusion of cells, a study shows.

A trio of papers provide new insight into embryo development.

For the first time, a transplant of replacement tissue grown from stem cells has been shown to be feasible for patients with macular degeneration.

Scientists issue a call to reconsider the rules governing the creation of tissues, organs, and other structures made possible by recent advances in synthetic biology. 

Researchers report growing a mouse embryo using two types of early stem cells.

Report finds that pathologist involved in anonymous defamation case committed multiple acts of misconduct; growing eggs from stem cells; neutrophils’ role in metastasis; convergent evolution in birds