Research improves upon a popular experimental model of mammal development and in doing so, reveals more of the inner workings ...

In the earliest hours after fertilization, an embryo takes its first steps toward becoming a living organism by shedding ...

Researchers have developed a new stem cell model of the mature human amniotic sac, which replicates development of the tissues supporting the embryo from two to four weeks after fertilization. This is ...

The findings help elucidate what happens during the earliest periods in development. “I was always interested in how cells decide their fate,” Zernicka-Goetz said. In the mouse developing embryo, she ...

This technique makes it possible to use large amounts of image data to numerically detect subtle differences in embryo development. During the course of the experiments, the team noticed that in ...