The concept of biological reproduction between same-sex individuals in mammals has always been deemed impossible. However, ...

A mouse with no biological mother has survived to adulthood in China – a major scientific achievement that's been years in ...

Unlike organoids, which model parts of single organs, the duo coaxed aggregates of mouse embryonic stem cells to carry out fundamental processes of development to become embryo-like entities, or ...

This was by using a gene from single-celled forms of life, and putting them into mouse cells. In turn, researchers generated stem cells, which were then injected into a developing embryo.

Mouse embryos outside the uterus after five days, with a visible heartbeat, as recorded by Professor Hanna's team In 2021 Professor Hanna and his colleagues revealed a method for growing mouse ...

Over half of our genomes consists of thousands of remnants of ancient viral DNA, known as transposable elements, which are widespread across the tree of life. Once dismissed as the 'dark side' of the ...