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Out of One Cell, Many Tissues — But How?

Scientists are delving into the remarkable way a zygote grows through its embryonic stages to an adult. Read More ›
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DNA as Architect as Well as Librarian: Structural Functions of the Double Helix

Early geneticists missed a lot when they looked at DNA only for its coding function. Read More ›
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Image: "Boy with a Broken Egg," 1756, by Jean-Baptiste Greuze [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

First State-Sanctioned Three-Parent Babies to be Born

The children could have serious health consequences — either early or later in life — having been generated, after all, from two broken eggs. Read More ›
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“Life Is a Discontinuity in the Universe”

There are 37 trillion cells in the human body, some 200 cell types, and 12,000+ specialized proteins. How does it all come together? Read More ›
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Human spermatozoon outline, biology of fertilization. The Science of Reproduction Generated by AI.
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In Evolutionary Literature, Researchers Habitually Slip in Teleological Language

How would you explain the evolution of a small set of genes that are expressed for but a few hours when we consist of only 8-16 cells? Read More ›

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