Human fetal tissue research has helped in the development of some vaccines.

The evolution of the human species is marked by an increase in brain size. Now new research suggests that could be partly ...

By Dr. Liji Thomas, MD By seamlessly tracking brain growth from the womb into early life, researchers uncover when key brain regions surge and how subtle sex differences emerge before birth. Study: ...

Hindering studies involving fetal tissue will impede the development of the alternatives intended to replace it, while ...

A team of more than 200 researchers around the world, involving multiple health and scientific institutions, led by the University of Oxford, has published the first digital atlas showing the dynamics ...

Diagnostic imaging and genetic screens help clinicians catch congenital fetal diseases in utero, but models for studying organ development and disease progression are limited. Over the last decade, ...

In a recent study published in Nature, researchers created a comprehensive digital atlas of fetal brain maturation from a large cohort, detailing structural growth and folding from early pregnancy to ...

The findings shed new light on human reproduction and suggest pathways for developing treatments to lower the risk of ...

The US biomedical funding agency also hints at future restrictions on research involving human embryonic stem cells.

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

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has reinstated a ban on the research use of human fetal tissue (HFT) obtained from abortions, a prohibition originally put in place during President Trump’s ...