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 ...

Researchers mapped early brain growth from mid-pregnancy to the first month after birth and found signs that sex-linked differences emerge surprisingly early.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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

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

Scientists denounced the move, arguing that fetal tissue is crucial for understanding human development and diseases.

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 ...