The Trump administration has been slashing funding for a federal agency that supports biomedical research across the U.S. UT ...

All bacteria exist as single cells at some point in their lives – except for one kind, known as multicellular magnetotactic ...

Researchers reveal that the guinea pig pre-implantation embryo is very similar to the human embryo, spurring a better understanding of infertility and early human development.

After three long essays in the New York Times’s “Embryo Question,” the series ends with a stunning confession of complete indecision about what the human embryo is — aside from the ...

Understanding how cells differentiate during early embryonic development is crucial for advancing regenerative medicine and ...

The first few days of a human embryo’s development, known as pre-implantation, are important. It’s when the first cells are formed, and these decide if the embryo can survive, how it will implant in ...