System replicates womb lining to 'listen in' to embryo-mother interactions during implantation

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

Degree of cell crowding in the early human embryo influences cell identity decision, new culture system finds

Collaborative work has developed a cell culture system that differentiates human pluripotent stem cells to amniotic ectoderm and surface ectoderm based on cell density. Research conducted by Dr Shota ...
The Scientist

Stem Cell-Based Embryo Models Add a Dimension to Developmental Biology

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 ...
The Conversation

Synthetic human embryos let researchers study early development while sidestepping ethical and logistical hurdles

Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, University of Washington Embryonic development, also known as embryogenesis, is a cornerstone in understanding the origins of life ...
CNN

Lab-grown embryo models are getting more realistic. Scientists are getting more concerned

Scientists are exploring ways to mimic the origins of human life without two fundamental components: sperm and egg. They are coaxing clusters of stem cells – programmable cells that can transform into ...
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Stem cell–based embryo models reveal pathway to understanding fertility

Caltech researchers have developed a powerful new method for creating embryo-like structures from stem cells that could transform how we study fertility. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci ...