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More work needs to be done to create viable human embryos, but the method might someday be used in IVF to help infertile people and male couples.

Previously unmapped sections of the genome explain how cells sense their mechanical environment and could open new paths for ...

An innovative use of skin cells could provide a route for gay couples or women with fertility problems to have children they are both genetically related to ...

The consortium that has taken the lead for the synthesis needs to be expanded and needs to include researchers from ...

A research team led by Professor Simona Giunta at the University of Rome La Sapienza has produced the first reference-quality ...

Humanity has never been fully satisfied with this side of the horizon. Our ancestors crested mountains and crossed oceans ...

Spaceflight makes certain human stem cells age faster, a study finds, furthering the understanding of the possible effects of ...

Around 45 percent of human DNA is made up of transposable elements, or TEs—genetic leftovers from now-extinct viruses that scientists once believed to be “junk DNA.” But that view is changing, and a ...

Viruses are entirely dependent on their hosts to reproduce. They ransack living cells for parts and energy and hijack the host's cellular machinery to make new copies of themselves. Herpes simplex ...

Twenty-five years ago this week, President Bill Clinton stood before a podium in the East Room of the White House, and, in front of an all-star lineup of researchers and dignitaries, made a historic ...

Researchers have used a new human reference genome, which includes many duplicated and repeat sequences left out of the original human genome draft, to identify genes that make the human brain ...