Pregnant women rely on a balanced diet and supplements to deliver proper nutrients to their babies, to ensure they grow healthfully. Such nutrients contribute to fueling development and providing ...

Seals give birth only when conditions are right. After mating, a female seal can delay implantation of the embryo in the ...

There is variability in when and how cells divide during the development of embryos. While researchers traditionally believed this variability was an obstacle that needed to be regulated, the Hiiragi ...

Researchers used placenta-derived factors and managed to achieve remarkable growth in human liver organoids, overcoming a significant barrier in organoid research and development. Organoids are ...

Cancer cells are known to reawaken embryonic genes to grow. A new study reveals the disease also hijacks the proteins, or "editors", that control how those genes are read. The findings, published ...

Scientists captured first real-time 3D video of human embryo implantation, revealing mechanical forces behind successful ...

In April, researchers in China reported that they had initiated pregnancies in monkeys through a procedure seemingly much like in vitro fertilization (IVF), in which embryos created in a dish were ...

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