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Embryo development

Clues to human pregnancy loss from horse miscarriages

A study of horses, which have similar chromosomes and pregnancies to humans, found that 42% of miscarriages in the first two months were due...

Innovative methods to examine embryonic spinal cord defects

Measuring mechanical forces in vertebrate development.

Research into fruit fly wings provides a peek into birth defects

Supercomputers help show how groups of cells develop into wings.

Womb pressure impact on facial development explored

Embryos are sensitive to pressure.

Mouse embryos grown in space for the first time

It is the world's first experiment that cultured early-stage mammalian embryos under complete microgravity of ISS.

Scientists grew human embryo without using sperm or egg

The human embryo models may shed new light on the embryo’s mysterious beginnings.

Early embryonic development studied in new and innovative ways

Human stem cells recapitulate vital stages of early human development.

Newly discovered embryonic cell type that self-destructs to protect the developing embryo

A new quality control system that removes damaged cells from early developing embryos.

Synthetic mouse embryos grown from stem cells have a brain and beating hearts

A "holy grail" in the development of synthetic embryos.

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