A lot happens in the first month of human embryo development as a single cell morphs into multitudes. Yet despite its significance, this period is basically a “black box” to researchers, says stem ...

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Scientists have developed a new human-based endometrial model to study embryonic implantation in the early stages of pregnancy.

A discovery upends decades of assumptions regarding DNA replication. The study show that DNA replication in early embryos is different from what past research has taught, and includes a period of ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tennessee school children could be required to view a three-minute ultrasound or computer animation of a developing fetus as part ...

Tennessee could soon become the latest state to require public school students to watch a three-minute computer-generated video on fetal development created by an anti-abortion group. The state Senate ...