Japan has approved two stem cell-based therapies for treating Parkinson's disease and heart failure in a world first, through ...

Against a backdrop of rising global obesity, researchers trace brown fat to an unexpected embryonic source: Krems, Austria Saturday, March 14, 2026, 15:00 Hrs [IST] A team of scie ...

Thus far, 7,600 genetic diseases have been identified and more are being discovered every year. Read more at straitstimes.com ...

Researchers have long known that temperature can determine whether some reptiles develop as male or female, but this process ...

In reptiles, a simple temperature change can determine whether an egg develops into a male or female. This process is ...

Researchers pinpoint when temperature determines sex and uncover early genetic changes guiding male or female development in ...

How does a tiny cluster of cells become an embryo with a head, trunk, and tail? And how do thousands of genes coordinate this development?

Researchers discovered that a small region of the PRC2 protein complex acts as a functional switch controlling gene silencing. Removing this domain stopped cancer cell growth, highlighting a potential ...

A team of scientists has identified an unexpected embryonic "starting point" for several brown-fat depots: a small cell niche around the dorsal aorta. Using a combination of time-controlled genetic ...