This approach might shift our view of biological processes that once seemed locked into a narrow ideal. Researchers have spent decades mapping the genetic signals that guide a Drosophila embryo, which ...

These findings suggest that RhoA and ROCK may couple or coordinate the dynamics of actomyosin network with the dynamics of mitochondrial network to achieve optimal actin and myosin function, leading ...

This is an important and solid study that examines the role of TFAM, a protein that helps maintain mtDNA, in mtDNA mutator mice. The authors have demonstrated that TFAM's counteractive role in mtDNA ...

The actin cytoskeleton is composed of dynamic filament networks that build adaptable local architectures to sustain nearly all cellular activities in response to a myriad of stimuli. Although the ...

Australian scientists created the first kangaroo embryo via IVF, a breakthrough in species conservation. Using eastern grey kangaroo specimens, the technique involved injecting a single sperm cell ...

Their mathematical model forecasts the ideal body plan of a fruit fly's early embryo, suggesting that ... The fruit fly Drosophila, as biologists refer to it, is a widely studied organism ...

A combination of methods, including a new method for tagging genes, demonstrates that the chemosensory co-receptors of Drosophila melanogaster (Orco, IR8a, IR25a, IR76b) are expressed widely and ...

It’s not always easy to choose whether to store, donate or discard extra IVF embryos. This article first appeared in The Checkup, MIT Technology Review’s weekly biotech newsletter.

Scientists in Australia have successfully produced the world’s first kangaroo embryo through in vitro fertilization, or IVF, a feat they hailed as a “ground-breaking achievement” that could ...

For the first time, scientists have been able to produce kangaroo embryos through in-vitro fertilization (IVF), an important milestone in being able to replicate this across hundreds of species of ...