A recent Nature study evaluates post-implantation development in humans using embryo-like models based on genetically unmodified human naïve embryonic stem cells (ESCs). Study: Complete human day 14 ...

A team of scientists has just gotten a closer peek into one of the earliest and most fundamental steps of creating a human life. Research out today highlights how they captured—for the first ...

Around eight days after fertilization, the human embryo implants in the endometrium (the tissue that lines the uterus). After implantation, it enters a developmental phase that is not well understood ...

Assisted reproductive technology (ART) stands at the forefront of fertility care, yet the embryo transfer (ET) stage remains ...

The study revealed that two genes, HOXA10 and TWIST2, regulate embryo implantation by opening or closing a small "gate" in the uterine wall at the right time ...

Human reproduction is an inefficient process, with less than one third of conceptions leading to live births. Failure of the embryo to implant in the uterus is one of the main causes of miscarriage.

Researchers have, for the first time, captured real-time 3D images of human embryo implantation, revealing the significant forces embryos exert to burrow into the uterine tissue. This invasive process ...

The use of assisted reproductive technologies like in vitro fertilization is becoming more common worldwide. However, while these technologies successfully create viable embryos, a little over half of ...

Most infertility and miscarriage cases are caused by failed embryo implantation in the uterus New 3D imaging reveals embryos actively burrow into uterine tissue, showing remarkable force Lab models of ...

New information is unfolding on the genetic controls of an early turning point in pregnancy -- the changes in an embryo's cells that occur as it prepares to lodge in the wall of the uterus.

Caitlin O'Kane is a New York City journalist who works on the CBS News social media team as a senior manager of content and production. She writes about a variety of topics and produces "The Uplift," ...