To better understand the effectiveness of infertility treatment, it is necessary to study the processes that occur during the first week of embryonic development. At this stage, the embryo begins to ...

Studying the shape of tissues and organs is critical to understanding how they are formed. Embryonic development happens in three dimensions, but many studies are limited by the use of two-dimensional ...

Scientists have, for the first time, used an extremely precise genome editing technique called base editing to study gene function in human embryos. They found that a gene called NANOG is essential ...

Embedded within the mammalian life cycle is a highly organised progression from fertilisation through preimplantation stages, blastocyst formation, implantation and subsequent axis establishment and ...