Scientists used light to control how a starfish egg cell jiggles and moves during its earliest stage of development. Their optical system could guide the design of synthetic, light-activated cells for ...

Cells constantly shift and transform, triggering the complex choreography that shapes living organisms. Whether dividing into new cells or sculpting an embryo, these tiny movements rely on chemical ...

Using CRISPR-based engineering methods to prompt stem cells to organize into embryo-like structures, scientists were able to create 'programmable' cellular models of embryos without ever experimenting ...

Scientists have found a way to study early embryonic development without real embryos. Using CRISPR, they programmed stem cells to self-organize into structures mimicking early embryos. The cells show ...

"These cells co-develop together, just like they would in an actual embryo, and establish that history of being neighbors," ...

A growing body of work suggests that cell metabolism — the chemical reactions that provide energy and building materials — ...

But the type of a cell is determined by patterns of expression of that genome. The cell’s nature is shaped by which proteins ...

“Reduced telomere length can be caused by embryonic cellular damage,” said study co-lead Dr. Yasmyn Winstanley. The ...

UCSC scientists have used CRISPR to develop programmable embryoids that can be used to study early embryo development and ...