We have identified the gene that, when activated, initiates the developmental programme that results in cells forming a human ...

Illustration of an embryo in the early stages of development. (Design Cells/iStock/Getty Images) The first moments of life ...

A human embryo ‘base edited’ so that it can’t produce a key protein (right), fails to form the mass of cells that gives rise ...

Research led by the University of Cambridge Loke Center for Trophoblast Research has shown that a genome-editing technique ...

Men have nipples because embryos are sexually neutral for their first six weeks. Here's the developmental blueprint behind ...

Researchers led by developmental biologist Kathy Niakan at the University of Cambridge have used base editing in human embryos to learn more about human embryonic development. By deactivating a gene ...

Altering a single gene in human embryonic cells has revealed that NANOG plays a key role in early embryo development, ...

In order for vertebrate embryos to develop their body axes, they require what is known as an embryonic signaling center. This ...

A study published today in the journal Developmental Cell uncovers new insights into how the heart forms during the earliest stages of embryonic development. The research, led by scientists at the ...

Recent discoveries in stem cell and developmental biology have introduced a new era marked by the generation of in vitro models that recapitulate early mammalian development, providing unprecedented ...

Animal embryos go through a series of characteristic developmental stages on their journey from a fertilized egg cell to a functional organism. This biological process is largely genetically ...

A research team from Rotterdam has identified a link between ambient temperature in early pregnancy and embryo development.