Clonell launches the world’s first patient-specific embryonic stem cell therapy platform, aimed at incurable diseases with ...

Life begins with a single fertilized cell that gradually transforms into a multicellular organism. This process requires ...

The mystery of early embryonic communication is starting to be unraveled thanks to a new stem cell-based model.

From the moment an embryo starts to take shape, two-way communication is critical for making sure tissues and organs develop correctly.

Research shows how the curved shape of a zebrafish egg sets cell division timing, gene activation, and early cell fate ...

Under his microscope, Jun Wu could see several tiny spheres, each less than 1 millimetre wide. They looked just like human embryos: a dark cluster of cells surrounded by a cavity, and then another ...

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

Most people have heard of stem cells. They are often described as "miracle" cells –ones that can grow into any other type of cell in our bodies, promising revolutionary medical treatments. However, ...

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

The team placed blastocysts—embryos 5-6 days after fertilization that were donated following IVF procedures—onto the ...

An Aug. 11 article about stem cells misspelled the name of National Institutes of Health official Lana Skirboll. (Published 8/13/01) For all the restrictions President Bush imposed on federal funding ...