Biologists have long puzzled over how organs develop into their final shapes, and the nearly transparent bodies of young sea stars may offer a unique window into the organ development process.

A new study has examined how mothers influence the size of their child's head—and, as a result, brain size and future ...

A joint venture partnership including Manchester Airports Group, Manchester council, Greater Manchester Pension Fund and ...

Moderate exposure to cold and heat during early pregnancy may affect fetal development as early as the first trimester, ...

In the earliest stages of life, mammalian embryos start as a disorganized cluster of cells. As development progresses, these cells become organized into well-defined shapes and structures. This ...

Base editing in human embryos reveals that NANOG is the one gene required to form every body tissue. Cambridge’s landmark ...

Researchers led by developmental biologist Kathy Niakan at the University of Cambridge have used base editing in human embryos to learn more about human embryonic development. By deactivating a gene ...

Base editing, the process used to make the changes, only nicks one strand of DNA, avoiding the major DNA errors that made ...

Research led by the University of Cambridge Loke Center for Trophoblast Research has shown that a genome-editing technique ...

Companies aim to edit germlines, which they say could prevent a range of diseases. But do people want the tech?

South Dakota’s public school districts will get a choice on which prenatal human growth and development video they must show ...

Men have nipples because embryos are sexually neutral for their first six weeks. Here's the developmental blueprint behind one of anatomy's most overlooked mysteries.