Human life begins with a single egg cell that grows into a human being with trillions of cells. To ensure that the highly complex development of tissues and organs is as protected as possible, the ...

Today, Ohio State Representative Melanie Miller (R-Ashland) announced proposed legislation that would require schools to show ...

What do the earliest stages of a pregnancy look like? Embryonic development has been extensively studied, but most of our knowledge of the earliest stages of a growing baby come from stationary ...

Scientists created the eggs using DNA from adult skin cells, a step that could someday potentially lead to new ways to treat infertility and enable gay couples to have genetically related children.

The "Baby Olivia Act" proposes including human development education and ultrasound videos in schools starting in third grade ...

Researchers have captured the very first real-time, three-dimensional images and videos of a human embryo implanting into collagen designed to mimic uterine tissue —a key stage in reproduction. The ...

Researchers have now managed to create human eggs from skin cells. The development could help millions of people around the ...

That said, organoids aren't exact replicas of the human brain, so there's a limit to what the 3D models can tell us. "So far the model is good enough for especially the proliferation stage, very early ...

UK researchers have found that someone's love of the sauce may be linked to testosterone exposure in the womb -- which has a distinct effect on baby's hand development. Getty Images/iStockphoto ...