LaBonne is president of the Society for Developmental Biology and the Erastus Otis Haven professor of molecular biosciences at Northwestern University. Imagine a world without lifesaving medicines, ...

Chinese scientists have successfully developed an embryonic disc-like gastrulation model known as Disc-Gastruloid, unlocking ...

The first few days of a human embryo’s development, known as pre-implantation, are important. It’s when the first cells are formed, and these decide if the embryo can survive, how it will implant in ...

"Guinea pigs can become a valuable model for understanding how early disturbances in embryonic development can affect health later in life. Since guinea pig development mirrors that of humans better ...

Illustration of an embryo in the early stages of development. (Design Cells/iStock/Getty Images) The first moments of life ...

In order for vertebrate embryos to develop their body axes, they require what is known as an embryonic signaling center. This ...

Andrew covers the biopharma industry, scientific research, and public health across the continent. You can reach Andrew confidentially on Signal at drewqjoseph.71. LONDON — Policymakers and scientific ...

Every year, more than 100 million animals are used globally in biomedical research, yet over 90% of drugs that appear effective in animal trials fail during human clinical testing. 1 This staggering ...

An international team of experts in embryology and bioethics has published the first white paper on the use of embryonic ...

Scientists are exploring ways to mimic the origins of human life without two fundamental components: sperm and egg. They are coaxing clusters of stem cells – programmable cells that can transform into ...

Rapid advances in stem cell and bioengineering technologies have sparked a revolution in developmental biology, with stem cell-based embryo models emerging as crucial tools to uncover the intricacies ...

CRCHUM researcher Sophie Petropoulos and her team reveal for the first time that the guinea pig pre-implantation embryo is very similar to the human embryo, spurring a better understanding of ...