International scientists set up a rescue plan for the last three northern white rhinos (Ceratotherium simum cottoni) on Earth. The goal is to use the remaining three rhinos and tissue samples from ...

Similar to humans, planarians have brains, similar organs, and stem cells, so they are often used as model organisms for basic research. In addition, it is known that planaria has totipotent stem ...

Researchers have discovered, for the first time, a common molecular pathway that is used by both normal stem cells and cancer stem cells when they reproduce themselves. Researchers at Stanford ...

The easiest and most reliable way to produce new jade plants is to propagate stem cuttings in soil. Stem cuttings produce ...

There is the possibility of a child having multiple genetically-related parents, or only one. It may soon be possible to coax human skin cells into becoming functional eggs and sperm using a technique ...

For the first time, scientists said Thursday that they had bred mice with two genetic fathers, steering around biological hurdles that would otherwise prevent same-sex parents from having offspring.

Question: What is it about plants that makes it possible for you to grow them from a cutting rather than having to always start them from seed? I’m planning to expand my garden this season and want to ...

This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. Scientists have for the first time shown that fully mature egg cells can be grown in the lab, raising hope for new ...

For the first time, scientists said Thursday that they had bred mice with two genetic fathers, steering around biological hurdles that would otherwise prevent same-sex parents from having offspring.

For the first time, scientists said Thursday that they had bred mice with two genetic fathers, steering around biological hurdles that would otherwise prevent same-sex parents from having offspring.