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

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

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

High-resolution 3D womb model gives insights into embryo implantation, infertility, and signals between embryo and mother, ...

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

At first glance, it looks like the start of a human pregnancy: A ball-shaped embryo presses gently into the receptive lining ...

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 ...

Embryo development starts when a single egg cell is fertilized and starts dividing continuously. Initially a chaotic cluster, it gradually evolves into a highly organized structure. Scientists have ...

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

A groundbreaking experiment transforms skin cells into egg-like cells, offering hope for infertility treatments amidst ...

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