One often thinks that the early embryo is fragile and needs support. However, at the earliest stages of development, it has the power to feed the future placenta and instructs the uterus so that it ...

Researchers have created model embryos from mouse stem cells that form a brain, a beating heart, and the foundations of all the other organs of the body -- a new avenue for recreating the first stages ...

Scientists have created mouse embryos in a dish, and it could one day help families hoping to get pregnant, according to a new study. After 10 years of research, scientists created a synthetic mouse ...

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 ...

Emma Gibson was conceived on Oct. 14, 1992. However, rather than being born nine months after conception, she was frozen as an embryo. More than 24 years later, she was thawed and, following IVF, was ...

Baby Thaddeus Pierce began as a embryo that was frozen for more than 30 years. He holds the record for developing from the longest-frozen embryo known to result in a live birth. His mom was 4 and his ...

Scientists in Australia have successfully produced the world’s first kangaroo embryo through in vitro fertilization, or IVF, a feat they hailed as a “ground-breaking achievement” that could one day ...

When you’re going through in vitro fertilization (IVF), the day when your doctor actually transfers the embryo into your uterus may seem like a dream — one that’s far away on the horizon. So, when the ...