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 ...

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

Only two weeks after fertilization, the first sign of the formation of the three axes of the human body (head/tail, ventral/dorsal, and right/left) begins to appear. At this stage, known as ...

Researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science developed an ecosystem where mouse embryos successfully developed externally from a maternal uterus. “Our aim was to recreate those conditions, and now ...

Scientists in the Brivanlou lab used light-inducible gene expression (yellow circle) and embryo models to demonstrate that, at the start of gastrulation, body-axis formation requires an interplay ...

As a human embryo grows, a set of molecules directs cells as they multiply and take on specific identities and spatial positions within the embryo. In one crucial step known as gastrulation, these ...

Scientists revise the current textbook knowledge about gastrulation, the formation of the basic body plan during embryonic development. Their study in mice has implications for cell replacement ...

Huntington's disease is a neurodegenerative disorder that's caused by mutations in the huntingtin gene. People can be diagnosed early in life with a genetic test, but otherwise, the signs of the ...

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 ...

A unique morphological feature of the embryonic avian cornea is the uniformity of its complement of striated collagen fibrils, each of which has a diameter of 25 nm. We have asked whether this ...