For the first time, scientists at the Francis Crick Institute have successfully developed human stem cell models that include a functional notochord—a crucial tissue in embryonic development ...

Emerging findings suggest that viral DNA may play an important part in how embryos form, right after fertilization.

There are transposable elements in the human genome that are active in the earliest stages of human embryo development, when there is significant molecular flexibility and plasticity. But the ...

Discover the fascinating world of extra nipples and supernumerary breasts, a natural variation found in humans and other ...

Researchers from the Institute of Automation at the Chinese Academy of Sciences have revealed the intrinsic relationship ...

Extraembryonic trophoblast lineages constitute the placenta, and are essential for individual development. In human early embryo development, these cells can be generated from totipotent blastomeres.