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Brain in a Dish Creates New Possibilities for Neuroscience Research

by Michelle Dotzert, PhD

While not quite miniature human brains, organoids enable scientists to study the developing brain

microscopic image of a spherical blastoid with cell walls outlined in red, nuclei in purple, and the embryoblast as a small clump of bright yellow dots near the top of the sphere

Breakthrough Stem Cell Model Unlocks Secrets of Early Human Development

by The Rockefeller University

3d image showing a mouse placenta on day 8, day 10, day 12, and day 15 of development. The blood vessels are shown in yellow, blue, green, and red, and their diameter and density increase in each subsequent image

Novel Imaging Platform Allows Researchers to Study Placental Development in Mice

by Duke University

close up of a green and yellow sea lamprey in a tank resting on top of white and tan gravel

An Awkward Family Reunion: Sea Monsters Are Our Cousins

by Stowers Institute for Medical Research

Researchers uncover new evolutionary insight: sea lamprey brain development is remarkably similar to that of humans

Computer image of an embryo at the gastula stage

Can You Change a Chicken into a Frog, a Fish or a Chameleon?

by Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Researchers show how changes in cellular activity can drive changes in embryonic development

person writing math formula on a chalk board

A Mathematical Model Connects the Evolution of Chickens, Fish, and Frogs

by University of California - San Diego

A research team has built a mathematical model that can accurately predict gastrulation flows

Farmer with his two young daughters looking over a field

Household Proximity to Green Spaces Positively Impacts Newborns

by Holden Galusha

Green spaces associated with higher birth weights

Monarch butterfly comming out of its cocoon

Scientists Discover the Evolutionary Secret behind Different Animal Life Cycles

by Queen Mary University of London

A link between the time of activation of dozens of genes in the embryo and the evolution of animal life cycles, shown

Geladas primates with young on grassland

Maternal Effects Key to Gut Microbial Development in Wild Primate

by Arizona State University

Study presents the first evidence of maternal effects on the gut microbiome both before and after weaning

Butterfly Eyespots Reuse Gene Regulatory Network

by National University of Singapore

Novel complex traits, such as eyespots, evolve from gene networks that already pattern complex traits in the body

Frog eggs like those pictured here release zinc when fertilized, much like mammalian eggs do.

A Biological Fireworks Show 300 Million Years in the Making

by Argonne National Laboratory

Early chemistry of conception has evolutionary roots going back at least 300 million years

Human-monkey chimeric blastocyst (article image)

Researchers Generate Human-Monkey Chimeric Embryos

by Cell Press

The research, despite its ethical concerns, has the potential to provide new insights into developmental biology and evolution

New Drug Could Help Regenerate Lost Teeth

by Kyoto University

Researchers based in Japan report that an antibody for one gene can stimulate tooth growth in mice suffering from tooth agenesis, a congenital condition