Chen, S., et al. (2024). Catalytic activity of Setd2 is essential for embryonic development in mice: establishment of a mouse model harboring patient-derived Setd2 mutation. Frontiers of Medicine ...

Norwegian researchers have shown that, in mice, stimulating the ovaries with hormone drugs to produce more eggs appears to impair the development of the embryo and its likelihood of implanting.

Screenshots from the first real-time video of early embryonic development. Fluorescent markers were used to show the movement of the filaments inside embryonic cells.

Around 200 of a mouse’s genes are imprinted, but Li’s team focused on 20 that are known to be important for the development of the embryo. In an attempt to create healthy mice with DNA from ...

A six-legged mouse embryo, with extra limbs in place of genitals, has been engineered by scientists. It sounds like sci-fi, we know – but the curious creature, which also has several of its ...

"Our findings indicate that iron deficiency leads to disorders of male development, at least in mice. Our study emphasizes the importance of maintaining maternal iron levels," explains senior ...