Studying this process in the human-specific context has posed significant challenges to biologists, but new research offers an unprecedented window into this point in time in human development.

Scientists recorded in 3D and in real time the exact moment a human embryo implanted itself in an artificial uterus, opening ...

Sixty percent of miscarriages are caused by the failure of an embryo—the developmental stage before a fetus—to implant in the woman’s uterus. Part of the problem is that researchers have no idea how ...

This is precisely the time when the embryo undergoes profound changes in shape and develops precursors of various organs -- a highly complex process that leaves many questions unanswered.

Aneuploidy may be fatal for the embryo, hence predicting its occurrence is important for successfulin vitrofertilization. Here the authors monitor development of human preimplantation embryos in ...

A new microscope built by EMBL researchers allows scientists to observe the dynamics of mechanical properties inside developing embryos in real time. The new technique – line-scanning Brillouin ...

However, when sped up in the simulation to travel a millimeter in four minutes, the calcium wave synchronized cell activity, and the embryo developed normally. The simulation exposed the calcium wave ...

Roe deer are among the few mammals whose embryos go into a particularly long period of dormancy. Using modern molecular methods, ETH Zurich researchers have shown for the first time exactly what ...

Molecular gradients established as a key driving force for cellular organization during the formation of early structures during embryonic development.

Researchers have developed the first-ever “embryo-like model” from human embryonic stem cells, a workaround that will let them examine birth defects and diseases they couldn’t otherwise.