Scientists said Tuesday they have turned human skin cells into eggs and fertilized them with sperm in the lab for the first ...

At first glance, plants may seem passive – but beneath their stillness lies a world of complexity and constant activity.

New research published in Nature Ecology & Evolution sheds light on the timelines and pathways of evolution of fungi, finding evidence of their influence on ancient terrestrial ecosystems. The study, ...

Scientists have built an artificial neuron that’s so realistic it fires, learns, and responds to chemical signals just like ...

Eggcelsior! Scientists have made a landmark breakthrough that enables the creation of viable human egg cells from a skin cell, new research claims. The study, published in Nature Communications, ...

Oregon scientists used human skin cells to create fertilizable eggs, a step in the quest to develop lab-grown eggs or sperm to one day help people conceive.

Human skin cells may one day be used to create functional human eggs in a step toward helping women have their own genetic children when their natural eggs are dysfunctional, according to very early ...

Scientists created the eggs using DNA from adult skin cells, a step that could someday potentially lead to new ways to treat ...

A team of engineers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has announced the creation of an artificial neuron with ...

It all started with the idea of finding a better way to monitor genes. Plant biologists have traditionally employed various techniques to precisely track how information coded in DNA is converted into ...

To explore possible treatments for various diseases, either animal models or human cell cultures are usually used first; ...

Laertis Ikonomou, PhD, associate professor of oral biology, is the principal investigator of a two-year, $435,167 R21 grant ...