Germline gene therapy and somatic gene therapy are two quite different proposals, and the legitimate concerns and risks of the former should not be used to stall progress on the latter. The ...

This valuable study reports the first characterization of the CG14545 gene in Drosophila melanogaster, which the authors name "Sakura." Acting during germline stem cell fate and differentiation, ...

Control of germline stem cell (GSC) cytokinesis is regulated both by the niche and by the second population of stem cells in the testis, the somatic cyst stem cells (CySCs). This makes the fly testis ...