Human skin cells may one day be used to create functional human eggs in a step toward helping women have their own genetic ...

An innovative use of skin cells could provide a route for same-sex couples or women with fertility problems to have children ...

Oregon scientists used human skin cells to create fertilizable eggs, a step in the quest to develop lab-grown eggs or sperm ...

Cell division is one of the most thoroughly studied processes in biology, yet many of its details remain mysterious. A century-old puzzle surrounding the "crown" of cell division—the kinetochore ...

Scientists created the eggs using DNA from adult skin cells, a step that could someday potentially lead to new ways to treat ...

Mayo Clinic researchers have identified a protein that acts like a traffic controller for DNA, preventing damage during cell division — a discovery that could lead to new cancer therapies, according ...

Scientists describe the technique as an early proof of concept and say it could take at least a decade of further research ...

Proteins are the workhorses of the cell, but many only function as part of larger multi-protein machines. These complexes perform essential tasks, such as muscle contraction, energy production, and ...

WASHINGTON — Oregon scientists used human skin cells to create fertilizable eggs, a step in the quest to develop lab-grown eggs or sperm to one day help people conceive.

A team of researchers at the University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging now have a better understanding of how the ...

Oregon scientists used human skin cells to create fertilizable eggs, a step in the quest to develop lab-grown eggs or sperm ...