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

Scientists have developed an experimental way to study how human embryos implant in a uterus, which may provide new insights into why miscarriages occur and how they can be prevented.

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

A system which replicates the womb lining (endometrium) with high biological fidelity has been developed by researchers at the Babraham ...

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A new study from the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences (LMS) in London, UK reveals how ancient viral DNA once written off as ...

Embryos and the uterus exchange molecular signals within the first hour, shaping whether implantation succeeds or fails.

Descriptions of the embryo go back at least to the time of Aristotle, but it has only been since the late 19 th century and early 20 th century that advances in experimental approaches allowed ...

Transposable elements are stretches of DNA that can move around the genome. Many of these DNA sequences originate from long ...

The majority of fertilized eggs die and are resorbed into the body. ZEISS Microscopy/Flickr, CC BY-SA As an evolutionary biologist whose career has focused on how embryos develop in a wide variety of ...

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