Two weeks after a human egg is fertilized, primordial germ cells (PGCs), which develop into sperm and eggs, are formed. In six to 10 weeks after fertilization, PGCs differentiate into pro ...

A second source is embryonic germ cells that are derived from ... but they can theoretically be "nudged" into becoming any cell type found in the human body. These are the cells that Thomson ...

The germ cells reside in specialized environments provided ... meiosis only when they are ovulated in response to hormones. Human females, for example, are born with hundreds of thousands of ...

Researchers have validated a specific cluster of microRNAs (miRNAs) as reliable biomarkers for detecting malignant testicular ...

A new study from Cornell University has strengthened the case for using a specific group of molecules—known as microRNAs—as ...

Genetic engineering in non-human primates has long been limited by the need for virus-based gene delivery methods. Recently, ...

Japanese researchers used a nonviral piggyBac system to genetically modify cynomolgus monkeys, enabling more accurate disease ...

Researchers successfully use a nonviral, piggyBac transposon system to introduce a transgene into cynomolgus monkeys.

Researchers found that the concentration of menthol in the blood of pregnant women who vape is enough to activate ...

Jennifer Hill works in the new germ-free lab at the BioFrontiers Institute ... when specific microbes are necessary to ...