Growing tissues can crack, break, and dissociate to form structures that can later withstand immense forces.

People undergoing assisted reproduction view embryo transfer as their final step after completing an exhausting marathon. A ...

One to two out of every 100 newborn babies are born with a Congenital Heart Defect (CHD), yet the exact cause remains unclear.

Researchers at the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences (LMS) and Imperial College London have shown for the first time that, before they can start developing into egg and sperm cells, the embryonic ...

Heading into London TV Screenings and MIP London, James Townley discusses new series '100 Knives,' 'Football Island,' 'How Old Is Your Brain?,' 'Who's Guilty?,' 'Staying Alive,' and 'The Dinner.' ...

BEIJING -- After years of dedicated research, a team of Chinese scientists has unveiled critical mechanisms governing early human embryonic development, offering novel theories and potential ...

Researchers at the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences (LMS) and Imperial College London have shown for the first time that, before they can start developing into egg and sperm cells, the embryonic ...

The Florida couple's lawsuit alleges that the baby girl born in December was not genetically their child, and they don't know ...

Week 3 of pregnancy is a critical stage when the embryo begins to grow rapidly. During this week, cells divide at an astonishing rate, laying the foundation for all future tissues and organs. This ...

Conditional genetics and single-embryo RNA-seq show that SETDB1 extinguishes the transient, retroelement-driven transcriptional programs of the totipotent two-cell state to facilitate the exit from ...