The body's control organ undergoes four major transitions during a lifetime, with 'adolescence' lasting more than two decades ...

Cambridge neuroscientists discover five distinct stages of brain development from birth to 90, revealing key turning points ...

Study maps five major eras of brain wiring from birth to old age, revealing the key turning points that shape how we learn, ...

Neuroscientists at the University of Cambridge have identified five "major epochs" of brain structure over the course of a ...

For the first time, scientists have used human cells to make structures that mimic the earliest stages of development, which they say will pave the way for more research without running afoul of ...

One of the most surprising findings is that the period the scientists refer to as “adolescence” starts around the age of nine ...

(Nanowerk News) Cambridge scientists have created a stem cell-derived model of the human embryo in the lab by reprogramming human stem cells. The breakthrough could help research into genetic ...

Researchers have used stem cells to develop new human embryolike structures that model the earliest stages of fetal development so realistically that they even secrete hormones that can turn a lab ...

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

The new platform's ethically grounded approach promises to reveal much about how human embryos form during the earliest stages of pregnancy. It's one of life's most defining moments -- that crucial ...

Sigmund Freud developed a five-stage model of human development, each stage with its own characteristics and challenges. Not only was this a useful way of viewing our growth, but he believed that ...

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