What happens in the first weeks after a human embryo implants in the uterus has been a black box. Now, biologists have had a chance to study this stage of development in detail for the first time. The ...
Researchers at the Babraham Institute have ‘listened in’ to the communication between the embryo and the womb lining at the ...
Using the fruit fly, scientists have constructed a complete and detailed single-cell map of embryo development. This research will also help scientists pursue questions like how mutations lead to ...
Life begins with a single fertilized cell that gradually transforms into a multicellular organism. This process requires ...
For decades, scientists have struggled to study this moment in humans because of ethical restrictions and limited access to ...
The majority of fertilized eggs die and are resorbed into the body. ZEISS Microscopy/Flickr, CC BY-SA As an evolutionary biologist whose career has focused on how embryos develop in a wide variety of ...
The major objection to the use of embryonic stem cells for scientific research seems overcome by the promising development of a way to extract cells and propagate stem cell lines without killing the ...