The misunderstood sex chromosome: how X affects your health
Cholesterol-lowering statins are among the most widely prescribed drugs in the world. They can have side effects, however,…
Single-cell spatiotemporal dissection of the human maternal–fetal interface
Tissue acquisition and processing for joint single-nucleus multiome profiling and spatial transcriptomics Snap-frozen decidual and basal plate samples…
Systemic epigenetic dysregulation as a driver of ageing and a therapeutic target
Guo, J. et al. Aging and aging-related diseases: from molecular mechanisms to interventions and treatments. Signal. Transduct. Target.…
Can a mouse be cloned indefinitely? Decades-long experiment has answers
Scientists harvested eggs from 25th-generation cloned mice and fertilized the eggs, which grew into these early-stage embryos. Credit:…
Brain differences between sexes get more pronounced from puberty
Credit: Cavan Images/Getty Some sex differences in brain-connectivity patterns become more pronounced with age, according to new research.…
Sending babies to nursery completely reshapes their microbiomes
Infants’ microbiomes are strongly affected by what they eat and who they come into contact with.Credit: Getty A…
Watch a human embryo implant itself — with brute force
A microscopic view of a nine-day-old human embryo shows a protein found in embryonic stem cells in green,…