Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Each human is a ...

A study published in Cell Research advances a central idea in stem cell biology by identifying a checkpoint that controls the ...

This important study advances a new computational approach to measure and visualize gene expression specificity across different tissues and cell types. The framework is potentially helpful for ...

A new map of the "maternal-fetal interface" reveals a new type of cell.

One of the most fundamental questions in biology is how a single fertilized egg produces the diverse cell types making up the body - from neurons and skin to muscle and blood - that bear the same ...