UCSF’s Program in Craniofacial Biology (PCB) brings together researchers to study the cellular and molecular mechanisms ...

A gene that turns on very early in embryonic development could be key to the formation of the placenta, which provides the ...

When it comes to brain function, neurons get a lot of the glory. But healthy brains depend on the cooperation of many kinds ...

Every face is unique. Genetics helps to determine our features, but sometimes genes have errors, which, in early fetal development, can result in ...

A new study reports that the locations where genes begin are particularly prone to mutations, and these genetic changes can ...

It's a watershed moment for in vitro fertilization (IVF), which can be difficult and expensive. Doctors are hopeful AI can ...

World IVF Day, also known as World Embryologist Day, is celebrated on the 25th of July every year. In vitro fertilisation (IVF) has hugely changed the way several couples can cope with infertility ...

Elana Thieme and Mark Mendoza, fourth-year graduate students in the Molecular and Cell Biology (MCB) PhD Program jointly ...

Thoughtful remastering, well-chosen outtakes and archival material can make familiar albums feel newly essential.

Nearly three decades since the remarkable cloning of Dolly the sheep, it has all gone quiet on the human cloning front.

These four technologies won’t be on our 2026 list of breakthroughs, but all were closely considered, and we think they’re ...