A lot happens in the first month of human embryo development as a single cell morphs into multitudes. Yet despite its significance, this period is basically a “black box” to researchers, says stem ...

Embryonic development, also known as embryogenesis, is a cornerstone in understanding the origins of life. But studying this marvel of intricate and layered biological processes in people faces ...

Artificial intelligence is entering IVF laboratories to analyse embryo images and development patterns, but experts say the ...

UC Riverside researchers report vanillin knocks early human stem cells off course at trace doses.

Researchers have urged that expectant mothers receive warnings regarding a "potential harm" associated with a widespread chemical used to give vapes their taste. Laboratory tests revealed that ...

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A discovery upends decades of assumptions regarding DNA replication. The study show that DNA replication in early embryos is different from what past research has taught, and includes a period of ...

The Plachta lab has pioneered the use of live-imaging approaches to discover how the preimplantation embryo forms in real ...

A stem-cell-based monkey embryo model that self-organizes into a comprehensive body plan could lead the way to more-sophisticated models of early human development. Xiangyu Kong is in the Department ...

The chemical reactions that cells use to power themselves provide key signals for one of the earliest and most critical steps of an embryo’s development. The findings bolster growing evidence that ...

Research from Ph.D. candidate Bohan Chen in the lab of Idse Heemskerk of the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology at the University of Michigan Medical School and their colleagues improves ...