An economy needs population growth and new family formation to generate economic growth. As appealing as it sounds to imagine ...

Studying chemical chatter as tiny balls of cells embed could shine a light on early pregnancy and glitches that lead to miscarriage Researchers have created the lining of a womb in a dish, which ...

Scientists have gotten an unprecedented look at how the human embryo implants in a uterus. They did this by creating very primitive, womb-like environments in the lab. "This is really important work ...

Here’s what a pregnancy looks like inside a microfluidic chip. At first glance, it looks like the start of a human pregnancy: A ball-shaped embryo presses gently into the receptive lining of the ...

The very beginning of human life, as an embryo inside the womb, has always carried an air of mystery due to technical limitations. For decades, scientists have studied embryos under microscopes and ...