Haploid embryonic stem cell research explores the utilisation of cells that contain a single set of chromosomes to probe gene function with unprecedented clarity. This unique genomic configuration ...

Life cycles require the creation of an autonomous individual, that individual’s growth and that individual’s reproduction In ...

Since the emergence of molecular genetics more than fifty years ago, scientists have tried to isolate haploid mammalian cells, that is, cells with half the number of chromosomes contained in somatic ...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 69, No. 2 (Feb., 1972), pp. 495-498 (4 pages) Haploid strains of Dictyostelium discoideum bearing ...

"For the first time, scientists have shown that DNA from ordinary body cells can be placed into an egg, activated, and made ...

Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have accomplished a unique proof of concept to treat infertility by turning ...

Francesca has an MSci in Biochemistry from the University of Birmingham.View full profile Francesca has an MSci in Biochemistry from the University of Birmingham. Did you know that the yeast used to ...

Current Science is a fortnightly journal published since 1932 by the Current Science Association, Bangalore (India) in collaboration with the Indian Academy of Sciences. The journal covers all ...

Randomized trial of chemoendocrine therapy started before or after surgery for treatment of primary breast cancer. Thirty-eight of 55 patients (69%) were able to undergo the PSC collections. The rate ...