A blastoid, a stem cell model system that allows scientists to study the nuances of human gastrulation. Credit: Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology and Molecular Embryology at The Rockefeller University ...

Millions of neurons branch throughout our bodies, keeping them in close communication with our brains. This peripheral network begins to take shape long before birth, as the cells of a growing embryo ...

The embryos cannot develop into humans, and are being used to study development in outer space.

Millions of neurons branch throughout our bodies, keeping them in close communication with our brains. This peripheral network begins to take shape long before birth, as the cells of a growing embryo ...

The development of the human brain, with its extraordinary range of cognitive abilities, is an awe-inspiring feat of evolution. Each of its tens of billions of cells must be born at precisely the ...