A novel molecular tool developed by a Lehigh University professor of biological sciences is enabling scientists to precisely ...

Researchers have discovered how egg cells prepare for life by studying the Balbiani body, a structure that organizes key ...

Oregon Health & Science University researchers have developed a new lab model to study how changes in cervical mucus during ...

Sometimes it’s easy to tell if something is living or not. A teddy bear might look like a bear, but it cannot do any of the seven things it needs to be able to do to count as being alive.

When DNA damaged by radiation was repaired by a method called homologous recombination, they found that cancer cells died ...

Researchers have uncovered how egg cells prepare for the creation of life. Their work reveals the secrets of the Balbiani ...

Reproductive cells—sperm and eggs—contain half the number of chromosomes found in other body cells, a reduction critical for reproduction. When a sperm meets an egg, the resulting offspring ...

Reproductive system diseases have become a major health challenge facing humans, so extensive investigations are needed to understand their complex pathogenesis and summarize effective treatments. In ...

Across 30 principal investigators (11 scientists and 19 clinician-scientists), the Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology has a portfolio of basic and translational research into ...

3D CGI render. Cell division. Cells dividing under the microscope. Cloning cells. Mitosis in process. The process of tumor growth and reproduction Cell division. Cells dividing under the microscope.

The mosquito-borne Zika virus is known for causing microcephaly, a birth defect in which abnormal brain development results ...