Researchers have used naïve pluripotent stem cells to create an embryo model that looks and acts like a natural human embryo. They say it’s an ethical way of gaining a better understanding of ...

Analyzing embryo movements in uteruslike environments could offer clues to improving the success rate of in vitro ...

Scientists have captured a video showing the implantation of a human embryo for the first time, using a laboratory model of a ...

Pandora Dewan is a Senior Science Reporter at Newsweek based in London, UK. Her focus is reporting on science, health and technology. Pandora joined Newsweek in 2022 and previously worked as the Head ...

A confocal microscopy image of a nine-day-old human embryo. Different colors denote different proteins and cellular structures of the embryo, © Institute for ...

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As people age, so do all of our cells, which accumulate damage over time. But why our offspring don’t inherit those changes — effectively aging a child even before birth — has been a mystery. “When ...