Scientists have visualised the early development of the nervous system in a chicken embryo. Minyoung Kim at the University of California, San Francisco, dissected the 2-day-old embryo out of its egg ...

WOODS HOLE, MA--A scientist at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) has published the results of an EPA-funded clam embryo study that supports her hypothesis that, when combined, the pollutants ...

Based on their prior research, the scientists knew that on day nine of mouse embryo development, two groups of cells— neural crest and placode cells—needed to meet to begin blueprinting the facial ...

Scientists have long observed that embryos of different species within a phylum look quite distinct at early and late ...

Why do pregnancies last longer in some species than others? Researchers have found the clock that sets the speed of embryonic development and discovered the mechanism is based on how proteins are made ...

Scientists have discovered the origin of a unique type of cell known for its ability to support regeneration in the central nervous system. Their findings, published this week in the journal ...