The fusion of sperm and egg gametes during human fertilization establishes a diploid zygote and initiates a series of cell divisions that result in a multicellular embryo. The blastocyst stage is ...

Advances in genetic and computational tools have enabled researchers to study complex networks of gene expression in individual cells, and the patterns of gene expression in a population of cells ...

Genomic scientists have revealed new insights into the process of human embryonic development using large-scale, whole-genome sequencing of cells and tissues from adult humans. The study analyzes ...

Researchers uncovered key networks that simultaneously control pluripotency and readiness for cell death (apoptosis), helping to ensure optimal conditions for embryonic development. The study's ...

Researchers have, for the first time, captured real-time 3D images of human embryo implantation, revealing the significant forces embryos exert to burrow into the uterine tissue. This invasive process ...

A team of scientists in the United States and the United Kingdom said they created the world's first synthetic human embryonic structure from stem cells, an advancement that "sidesteps the need for ...

Embryologists at UCL (University College London) have helped solve an evolutionary riddle that has been puzzling scientists for over a century. They have identified a key mechanism in the initial ...

Scientists say they could one day help advance the understanding of genetic diseases or the causes of miscarriages Scientists say they could one day help advance the understanding of genetic diseases ...

As COVID-19 continues to spread the world over, investigators are still trying to understand how it ravages the human body. A recent study published on the preprint server bioRxiv* in September 2020 ...