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

Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have achieved a scientific first: transforming human skin cells into eggs that can be fertilized in the lab. Their study, published Tuesday in Nature ...

Human skin cells may one day be used to create functional human eggs in a step toward helping women have their own genetic ...

An innovative use of skin cells could provide a route for gay couples or women with fertility problems to have children they are both genetically related to ...

Before a cell divides, its DNA is replicated so that each daughter cell inherits the same genetic information. The two copies ...

When a sperm meets an egg, a lot has to go right for an embryo to develop into a complete organism. One critical step of ...

The story of the cell cycle is often told only through the perspective of the chromosomes as they replicate and then divide. This resource beautifully illustrates the role of the cytoskeleton in that ...

This video of a so-called HeLa cell dividing demonstrates how sensitive the cell division process is. While all is going well at the beginning of the video, as the clip nears its end you can see the ...

A living cell is a bustling metropolis, with countless molecules and proteins navigating crowded spaces in every direction. Cell division is a grand event which completely transforms the landscape.