A signaling pathway best known for shaping the brain before birth also helps govern how adults learn, adapt, and persist in ...

Twenty-three anti-abortion members of Congress are demanding the NIH stop human embryonic stem cell research, reviving a ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Scientists have made a breakthrough in our understanding of how autism develops in the womb. The findings offer new ...

The embryonic receptor "Smoothened" regulates dopamine and acetylcholine timing to control learning and habit formation in ...

The role of Fibroblast Growth Factor 8 (FGF8) in embryonic development and organ formation is gaining increased recognition as scientists uncover its wide-ranging influence. FGF8, a powerful signaling ...

Researchers investigating a widely used medication have uncovered an unexpected cellular process that may interfere with ...

A new platform for studying mtDNA mutations implicated in human disease could help accelerate treatments for mitochondrial ...

In 2021, KAUST highlighted joint work on blastoid models intended to mimic parts of the blastocyst stage without creating a viable embryo, and in 2025 it publicised “deepBlastoid”, an artificial ...

Biologists have provided new insights on a longstanding puzzle in biology: How complex organisms arise from a single fertilized cell. Producing a new 'gene atlas' with 4-D imaging, the researchers ...

Scientists at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC), used CRISPR to engineer cellular models of embryos that mimic what happens in the first few days after reproductive cells meet. These ...