Scientists have uncovered a key mechanism in jellyfish embryos that provides new insights into how the body plan of these ...

A recent study investigates how polyester microdroplets, potential precursors to modern cells, could form under realistic early Earth conditions. Researchers pushed these conditions to the limits, ...

Female prisoners were treated like animals and fed hormones by a trafficking ring in the country of Georgia, with their egg cells sold on the black market. The twisted news emerged after three ...

Many cells in multicellular organisms are specialised. They have specific roles in the organism of which they are part. Their structure is adapted to their function. They are often grouped ...

Dec. 16, 2024 — Researchers have uncovered unexpected diversity in the genetic processes that determine the sex of the African clawed frog, a significant discovery in what was already one of the ...

By the time a female is born, only around 1 million to 2 million oocytes remain in the ovaries. Unlike other types of cells, egg cells do not regenerate once they are gone. Most medical experts agree ...

This review will focus on the immune changes that occur in adipose tissue and the means by which immune cells shape the progression of VAT-specific ... in these two conditions with a focus on their ...

Neurons that secrete the neuropeptide orexin help mice decide between exercise and snacking.