The human egg locks like Fort Knox after it’s fertilized. Scientists finally find out how
This research could lead to new non-hormonal contraceptives and other insights into female fertility.
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Scientists grow synthetic embryos without any sperm, egg, or even a womb
This may one day make it possible to grow organs for transplant using synthetic embryo models.
Right before they hatch, baby birds have hip bones shaped exactly like a dinosaur’s pelvis
Birds really are dinosaurs!
Artificial embryo without sperm or egg forms live fetus
The embryos successfully grew fetal structures in female mice uteruses.
Scientists edit the first human embryos in the United States
It's further than anyone has ever gone with gene editing in the United States.
UK scientists want to modify genes inside a human embryo
A team working at the Francis Crick Institute in London applied to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority for a ...
Genetically modifying human embryos: ‘a line that should not be crossed,’ NIH says
The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has reiterated its stance against modifying human embryos, after a paper published last ...
Scientists create see-through eggshell to reduce animal testing
If you've ever wondered what happens inside an egg, then science has you covered - researchers have developed transparent artificial ...
First was the limb, then was the penis: study unravels Genitalia Evolution
A breakthrough study authored by Harvard University developmental biologists has finally resolved the mystery of how sexual organs appeared for the ...
Laser-light sheets used to image life at its earliest stage [GREAT PICS]
Image of the ~50,000 cell nuclei of a 22-hour-old zebrafish embryo. The fluorescently labeled cell nuclei are shown in a ...
Shark embryos stay still to avoid predators
Sharks are the ultimate predators, comfortably sitting at the very top of the food chain; but even they have their ...
The dawn of the mamimal? MPs back creation of human-animal embryos
British scientists have received the green light to research devastating diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s using human-animal ...