Life begins with a single fertilized cell that gradually transforms into a multicellular organism. This process requires ...

By engineering a system replicating the womb lining with high biological accuracy, researchers at the Babraham Institute and ...

Cell compaction is a crucial step in embryo development. Defective compaction prevents the formation of the structure that ensures an embryo can implant in the uterus. This stage is carefully ...

Researchers from the University of Adelaide have discovered that the earliest days of embryo development have a measurable impact on a person’s future health and ageing. Professor Rebecca Robker, ...

High-resolution 3D womb model gives insights into embryo implantation, infertility, and signals between embryo and mother, ...

Researchers have used naïve pluripotent stem cells to create an embryo model that looks and acts like a natural human embryo. They say it’s an ethical way of gaining a better understanding of ...

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 disorders and in understanding why ...

Gene-free DNA segments play an important role in the development of the embryo and heart in mice and humans. A study published in "Nature Communications" by the University of Bern (Unibe) shows the ...

AP — Scientists have created embryo models to help study the mysteries of early human development, the medical problems that happen before birth, and why many pregnancies fail. These models are made ...