In about one out of every 1,000 pregnancies, the neural tube, a key nervous system structure, fails to close properly.

Sox9, a master regulator of cartilage formation, switches its target genes dynamically during embryonic limb development ...

The earliest days after fertilization, once a sperm cell meets an egg, are shrouded in scientific mystery. The process of how a humble single cell becomes an organism fascinates scientists across ...

For the first time, a stem cell model has produced a structure resembling an early human embryo with a yolk-sac-like ...

How does the neural tube close? A new study uses physics-based modeling to reveal the actin "purse-string" mechanism and cellular coordination that prevents spina bifida.

For the first time, a stem cell model has produced a structure resembling an early human embryo with a yolk-sac-like structure, from a single starting stem cell population and without direct genetic ...