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

A new study shows that the embryo and the uterine lining conduct an active "conversation" from the very earliest stages of ...

Embryos and the uterus exchange molecular signals within the first hour, shaping whether implantation succeeds or fails.

From the moment an embryo starts to take shape, two-way communication is critical for making sure tissues and organs develop correctly.

Implantation, one of the most poorly understood phases of early human development, occurs in the depths of the womb, at a ...

The team placed blastocysts—embryos 5-6 days after fertilization that were donated following IVF procedures—onto the ...

Under his microscope, Jun Wu could see several tiny spheres, each less than 1 millimetre wide. They looked just like human embryos: a dark cluster of cells surrounded by a cavity, and then another ...

A new study from the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences (LMS) in London, UK reveals how ancient viral DNA once written off as ...

Most people have heard of stem cells. They are often described as "miracle" cells –ones that can grow into any other type of cell in our bodies, promising revolutionary medical treatments. However, ...

When there’s nothing else to prescribe, hope works like a drug. A quadriplegic patient tells herself it’s not a matter of if they find a cure but when. Who’s to say whether salvation is still 10 or 15 ...