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A new organelle has been discovered in human cells — and scientists call it a "hemifusome."Like the full-size organs in our ...
Animals, from worms and sponges to jellyfish and whales, contain anywhere from a few thousand to tens of trillions of nearly genetically identical cells. Depending on the organism, these cells arrange ...
A fertilized egg somehow manages to build skin, brain, and blood cells within days. But how? New tech called LoxCode is ...
Animal and plant cells can be visualised using a model. Find out how to make them with Bitesize. For students between the ages of 11 and 14.
Chloroplasts, the parts of cells that allow plants and algae to photosynthesize, are thought to have originated more than 1 billion years ago, when photosynthetic cyanobacteria lived symbiotically ...
One such researcher was Leslie Gartner, a retired cell biologist who emailed Xu about an old study of his: "My study occurred more than 50 years ago, so it was dead and buried beneath the ...
Without Dr. Pablo Juan Ross, an animal scientist, the groundbreaking creation of a part-human, part-animal chimera might not have been possible.
Feds to Approve Research With Part-Human, Part-Animal Embryos And you thought CRISPR was meddling with nature. By Jay Bennett Published: Aug 04, 2016 10:47 AM EDT ...
A handful of scientists around the United States are trying to do something that some people find disturbing: make embryos that are part human, part animal. The researchers hope these embryos ...
Scientists find single cell that can be used to regenerate entire animal. New study reveals secrets of flatworms' ability to regrow body parts ...
Animal and plant cells can be visualised using a model. Find out how to make them with Bitesize. For students between the ages of 11 and 14.