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Primitive human eggs matured in the lab for the first time

Primitive human eggs matured in the lab for the first time

9 February 2018

Human eggs have been removed in their most primitive state and brought to maturity in the lab for the first time, potentially boosting fertility treatments.
Neurons in the brain

First glimpse of how genes may cause mental health problems

8 February 2018

Geneticists are starting to unpick what causes psychiatric conditions like schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, and even some autism-like developmental conditions
First UK three-parent babies could be born this year

First UK three-parent babies could be born this year

2 February 2018

Two cases have been approved in the UK for using a three-parent baby technique to make healthy babies. The technique has already been used in China and Ukraine
A flatworm with a head at each end of its body

Bioelectric tweak makes flatworms grow a head instead of a tail

23 May 2017

Flatworms regenerate lost body parts, but change the current in their cells and they can regrow the wrong thing, hinting at electricity’s role in body plans

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