China launched embryo-like structures made from living human stem cells to its Tiangong space station for a first-of-its-kind ...

China's Tianzhou-10 mission just delivered embryo-like structures made from living stem cells to the Tiangong space station. Experiments could shed light on how radiation and microgravity affect human ...

Microgravity and higher radiation levels in orbit could disrupt cell alignment, gene expression, or organ formation.

For all the ambition packed into humanity's plans for Mars colonies, lunar bases, and permanent off-world settlements, one fundamental question has quietly gone unanswered: can humans actually ...

China sent artificial human embryos to its Tiangong space station, aiming to study how microgravity impacts early embryonic ...

A lot happens in the first month of human embryo development as a single cell morphs into multitudes. Yet despite its significance, this period is basically a “black box” to researchers, says stem ...

Embryonic development is orchestrated by intricate gene regulatory dynamics that translate spatial and temporal signals into precise patterns of cell fate and tissue morphogenesis. Core transcription ...

Studying the early development of human embryos is challenging due to ethical constraints and technical difficulties. Therefore, animal models are often used to understand the biological processes ...

Using CRISPR-based engineering methods to prompt stem cells to organize into embryo-like structures, scientists were able to create 'programmable' cellular models of embryos without ever experimenting ...