At this stage, known as gastrulation, a flat and featureless sheet of cells folds into a living blueprint for the body, a ...

Now, a new study reveals that this pivotal step in human development is guided by a precise interplay between chemical ...

Now, a new study reveals that this pivotal step in human development is guided by a precise interplay between chemical ...

Scientists have discovered a method of helping human stem cells thrive in an animal embryo—a key development in efforts to ...

Scientists have created the most detailed maps yet of how our brains differentiate from stem cells during embryonic development and early life. In a Nature collection including five papers published ...

Every face carries a story, shaped long before birth by a quiet choreography of genes switching on and off at just the right moment. A new study suggests that part of that story reaches far back into ...

Subtle genomic variations between humans and Neanderthals provide clues to how DNA shapes our facial features.

Why do no two human faces look quite the same? Although we all follow the same biological blueprint, our features—the curve ...

The shorter faces of these city-dwelling trash bandits offer a telltale sign of domestication and line up with a leading ...

Researchers have discovered new regions of the human genome particularly vulnerable to mutations. These altered stretches of ...