Scientists use human skin cells to create functional eggs, opening a door to new infertility treatments

Scientists have developed functional eggs from ordinary human skin cells, a proof of concept that could open up new ways to ...

Human eggs created from skin cells for first time in landmark fertility study

Eggcelsior! Scientists have made a landmark breakthrough that enables the creation of viable human egg cells from a skin cell, new research claims. The study, published in Nature Communications, ...
Earth.com

NASA is sending human cells to the Moon on high-tech microchips that mimic astronaut organs

NASA's AVATAR study will send Emulate organ chips containing human cells on the Artemis II mission to study how deep space ...

Reference-quality genome assembly created for widely used RPE-1 human cell line

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

Human cells form mobile self-healing structures outside the body

Researchers build anthrobots from human airway cells that self-assemble, move, self-heal, and reverse aging markers, offering insights into synthetic life systems. (Nanowerk Spotlight) What kinds of ...
CNN

Lab-grown embryo models are getting more realistic. Scientists are getting more concerned

Scientists are exploring ways to mimic the origins of human life without two fundamental components: sperm and egg. They are coaxing clusters of stem cells – programmable cells that can transform into ...
Science Daily

Gene expression in the human brain: cell types become more specialized, not just more numerous

Our brain is arguably the organ that most distinguishes humans from other primates. Its exceptional size, complexity and capabilities far exceed those of any other species on Earth. Yet humans share ...