Tag: Embryos

  • Nation & World

    New view of germ cells

    Cassandra Extavour is the author of a new study that points to a different mechanism as an ancestral process for specifying germ cells.

    6 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Brains or skin?

    A protein that is necessary for the formation of the vertebrate brain has been identified by researchers at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) and Boston Children’s Hospital, in collaboration with scientists from Oxford and Rio de Janeiro.

    2 minutes