This could be egg-cellent news for women struggling with infertility. A research team from Japan says it has developed a new egg maturation technique that may improve in vitro fertilization (IVF) ...

The DNA of human embryos has been altered and studied for the first time in the UK, offering new insight into the early stages of human development. The DNA of human embryos has been altered and ...

Janet Rossant is president of the Gairdner Foundation, and senior scientist emeritus at The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. The first few weeks of a human embryo’s ...

Embryonic development, also known as embryogenesis, is a cornerstone in understanding the origins of life. But studying this marvel of intricate and layered biological processes in people faces ...

Studying embryogenesis is key to unraveling the mysteries of early life. luismmolina/iStock via Getty Images Plus Embryonic development, also known as embryogenesis, is a cornerstone in understanding ...

Some women wonder whether they will now have to pay to keep extra embryos stored permanently, or face criminal charges if they are disposed of. By Eduardo Medina Eduardo Medina interviewed more than a ...

A team of scientists have successfully created authentic models of a human embryo using stem cells, and successfully grown them outside of a womb until key embryonic features such as a yolk sac, and ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Min Yang, University of Washington (THE CONVERSATION) Embryonic development, also ...

Embryos hold the secrets of regeneration, reproduction, and maybe even human immortality. This article first appeared in The Checkup, MIT Technology Review's weekly biotech newsletter. To receive it ...

Scientists have grown a scalable new embryo-like model that unshrouds some mysteries of early human development, including blood cell formation, or hematopoiesis—a first for the field. In an article ...

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