The first steps of human development—those that occur within the first few weeks of pregnancy—remain mysterious in many ways. Within a week of fertilization, human embryos form a blastocyst, which ...

Descriptions of the embryo go back at least to the time of Aristotle, but it has only been since the late 19 th century and early 20 th century that advances in experimental approaches allowed ...

To better understand the earliest stages of human growth, researchers can examine donated embryos or human embryonic stem cells, both of which are in limited supply, or address their questions with ...

Researchers have very limited opportunities to study the earliest stages of human development, but a groundbreaking discovery led by a team in Australia will now provide them with a valuable new model ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The 3D imaging model achieved more than 90% accuracy in identifying blastocyst features. Blastocyst overall ...