As nearly one in six couples experience fertility issues, in-vitro fertilization (IVF) is an increasingly common form of ...

Researchers have used stem cells to develop new human embryolike structures that model the earliest stages of fetal development so realistically that they even secrete hormones that can turn a lab ...

Nearly half the embryos studied underwent developmental arrest because of genetic mishaps in early development—a revealing insight that suggests more IVF babies could come to term with changes in the ...

(Nanowerk News) Cambridge 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 ...

A gene that turns on very early in embryonic development could be key to the formation of the placenta, which provides the ...

The earliest days after fertilization, once a sperm cell meets an egg, are shrouded in scientific mystery. The process of how a humble single cell becomes an organism fascinates scientists across ...

A groundbreaking experiment transforms skin cells into egg-like cells, offering hope for infertility treatments amidst ethical considerations.

In a world first, embryos have been sent to space so that scientists can study how zero-gravity affects a growing fetus. The mouse embryos were sent to the International Space Station to be raised by ...

A new study examining mouse embryos when they are composed of just two cells, right after undergoing their very first ...