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

Over 130 mammal species can delay embryonic development, giving their offspring the best possible chance of survival in ideal ...

The curved shape of a zebrafish egg causes unequal cell divisions, creating larger cells near the animal pole and smaller ...

Under the microscope, MSK scientists studied how cells in a mouse embryo (green) move out and break away from their original tissue by contracting their surfaces (red). Studying this process, known as ...

The mystery of early embryonic communication is starting to be unraveled thanks to a new stem cell-based model.

Neal D. Amin is in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA, and in the Stanford Brain Organogenesis Program, Wu Tsai Neurosciences ...

Researchers have gained new insights into the mechanism behind the spatial organization of DNA within the cells of early embryos. When an embryo is first formed after fertilization, each cell has the ...

Despite being an essential developmental process, the understanding of human embryonic genome activation is limited, owing to the lack of in vitro cell models and ethical concerns. To advance ...

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

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

Our ancient past isn't always buried history. When it comes to our DNA, nearly 9% of the human genome is made up of leftover genetic material from ancient viruses (called endogenous retroviruses or ...