A rare way cells survive extreme stress has just been decoded, with implications reaching far beyond the animal kingdom.
The process behind embryonic diapause could explain how cancer cells can survive long periods of metabolic stress.
Seals give birth only when conditions are right. After mating, a female seal can delay implantation of the embryo in the ...
The dome shaped colonies representing diapause-like mouse embryonic stem cells. (Credit: Tarakhovsky lab) Seals give birth ...