Scientists said on Monday they had taken a first step towards being able to control stem cells -- master cells that have the ability to become any kind of cell in the body. Doctors hope one day these ...

Often described as ‘miracle’ cells, stem cells need to be truly mastered if we’re to use them in medical treatments.

Scientists have reached a milestone in an ambitious initiative to chart how the many types of brain cells emerge and mature ...

Scientists have completed a draft atlas mapping the development of brain cells from embryonic stages to adulthood, ...

Cow embryonic stem cells may offer a better model for human stem cell therapies than using mice or rats Isolating cow embryonic stem cells will advance genetics in the cattle industry Efficient method ...

Engineered human stomach organoids, transplanted into mice, produced insulin-secreting cells, offering a potential new ...

Despite being an essential developmental process, the understanding of human embryonic genome activation is limited, owing to the lack of in vitro cell models and ethical concerns. To advance ...

A pair of research teams unveiled two new ways to replicate a key structure from the earliest days of embryonic development — an advance that could provide important new insight into human development ...

Bush voiced support for limited federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, several members of Congress vowed to push forward proposals that go further than Bush's plan. In a nationally ...

Scientists have created living entities that resemble very primitive human embryos, the most advanced example of these structures yet created in a lab. The researchers hope these creations, made from ...