These clusters of cells are increasingly at the center of legal disputes, resulting in piecemeal decisions that have ...

Feathers are complex skin structures, and their evolutionary beginnings are still a subject of scientific debate. Scientific evidence points to feathers evolv ...

Syngenta Biotechnology China-led research, with partners in the U.S., France, the UK, Chile, the Netherlands, Argentina, and ...

The team found that 80% of the stem cells organize themselves into a structure that mimics the most basic form of an embryo after a few days, and most undergo gene activation that reflects the ...

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have developed a method that shows how the nervous system and sensory organs are formed in an embryo. By labelling stem cells with a genetic ‘barcode’, ...

When choosing an embryo for implantation during in vitro fertilization (IVF), would you consider its chances of developing a ...

Researchers have discovered that the earliest days of embryo development have a measurable impact on a person's future health and aging. Researchers from the University of Adelaide have discovered ...

Then, in the developing embryo, cells form three primary layers — ectoderm, mesoderm and endoderm — which, over time, become skin, neurons, heart, gut, and so on. These determinations of cells’ fates ...

The couple couldn't decide who should retain ownership of the frozen embryos created with Honeyhline's eggs and Jason's sperm. This dispute has given rise to a novel legal case in Virginia.

For fertility patients who never dreamed they’d have extra embryos, decisions about what to do with the surplus are personal — and increasingly political Susie Sheehan sat alone on her couch ...

Researchers from the University of Adelaide have discovered that the earliest days of embryo development have a measurable impact on a person's future health and aging. Professor Rebecca Robker ...