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 ...

The molecular feedback loops that program positional identity as salamander limbs develop and regrow could be harnessed for regenerative medicine. Read the paper: Molecular basis of positional memory ...

The body’s pathogen fighters can act as surveillance forces that ferry information from the gut and fat deposits to the brain. Similar immune cells are known to populate the membranes covering the ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising new healing mechanism in injured cells called cathartocytosis, in which cells "vomit" out their internal machinery to revert more quickly to a stem cell-like ...