Fetal development is a critical stage with effects that can last throughout life. Yet, identifying the effects of maternal ...

Can maternal stress harm a fetus? New research quantifying the Fukushima disaster's psychological impact shows that radiation ...

A lot happens in the first month of human embryo development as a single cell morphs into multitudes. Yet despite its significance, this period is basically a “black box” to researchers, says stem ...

Findings show ultraprocessed food consumption before conception influences fertility and embryonic development, urging ...

A new study suggests higher ultra-processed food intake may be linked to poorer fertility outcomes in men and subtle changes ...

With weMERFISH, the MERFISHEYES atlas and the integration of live imaging, researchers now have a new tool at their disposal.

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. What do the earliest stages of a pregnancy look like? Embryonic development has been extensively studied, but most of our ...

“A central question has been: How do thousands of genes work together in an embryo, and how is their activity linked to the movement of cells?” says first author Yinan Wan. To answer this question, ...

Descriptions of the embryo go back at least to the time of Aristotle, but it has only been since the late 19 th century and early 20 th century that advances in experimental approaches allowed ...

A system which replicates the womb lining (endometrium) with high biological fidelity has been developed by researchers at the Babraham Institute and used to listen in to the communication that ...