Foxa transcription factors help endow the competence to activate liver genes in development by binding to regulatory sequences in precursor endoderm and opening a local domain of chromatin. Fibroblast ...

Stem cells that give rise to the mouse yolk sac have been isolated and cultured in the lab for the first time by RIKEN researchers, raising the possibility of artificially creating mouse embryos from ...

An unexpectedly versatile and regenerative stem cell in early embryos may be key to creating new effective fertility treatments, suggests a new study in mice from the University of Copenhagen. It ...