Light-controlled embryos reveal power of mechanical forces in human development

At this stage, known as gastrulation, a flat and featureless sheet of cells folds into a living blueprint for the body, a ...
Smithsonian Magazine

See the First 3D Images of a Human Embryo Implanting, Shedding Light on the Crucial but Little-Known Process

A human embryo embeds itself into a fake uterus created by researchers. Screenshot from an Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia video Sixty percent of miscarriages are caused by the failure of an ...
News Medical

Lab-grown embryo models mimic natural formation of blood and heart cells

University of Cambridge scientists have used human stem cells to create three-dimensional embryo-like structures that replicate certain aspects of very early human development - including the ...
Scientific American

First 3D Images of Human Embryo Implantation Reveal New Details of the Process

Researchers have captured the very first real-time, three-dimensional images and videos of a human embryo implanting into synthetic uterine tissue—revealing a key stage in reproduction. The resulting ...