48-hour time-lapse of developing neurons connecting the opposite side of the central nervous system in a chick embryo (Image credit: Dr. Alexandre Dumoulin) ...

The point is to create a small, easily regulated medium to grow and test avian embryos in. But the above video of a chicken embryo in action is a fun bonus.

How left–right asymmetries are established in vertebrate embryos has fascinated developmental biologists for decades. Recent evidence from a range of species provides insights into the genetic ...

A TEAM of stem cell researchers have done the seemingly impossible and successfully combined artificial human cells with the embryo of a chicken in a shock new experiment aimed at trying to better ...