On the outside, you’ll watch your little one grow from newborn to older infant to toddler, preschooler, kindergartener, and so on. It might feel like it goes by in the blink of an eye. But a little ...

Studying embryogenesis is key to unraveling the mysteries of early life. luismmolina/iStock via Getty Images Plus Embryonic development, also known as embryogenesis, is a cornerstone in understanding ...

Despite being an essential developmental process, the understanding of human embryonic genome activation is limited, owing to the lack of in vitro cell models and ethical concerns. To advance ...

Gastrulation is the process that creates the 3 axes of the body. While this stage was thought to be driven solely by chemical ...

Scientists at EPFL have created a scalable 3D organoid model that captures key features of early limb development, revealing ...

Cellular traffic jams inside a fruit fly embryo might sound like a minor detail, but new work suggests they help flip a ...

A team of researchers in the United States and the United Kingdom says they have created the world’s first synthetic human embryo-like structures from stem cells, bypassing the need for eggs and sperm ...

Many state legislatures are seriously considering human embryos at the earliest stages of development for legal personhood. Total abortion bans that consider humans to have full rights from the moment ...

After fertilization, embryos race through rapid cell divisions before slowing down to build specialized cells that will carry ...