A new study takes a tour of the history of research into human embryology and development to show the "cycles of attention" that led to major scientific breakthroughs. Analyzing the past sheds light ...

Descriptions of the embryo go back at least to the time of Aristotle, but it has only been since the late 19 th century and early 20 th century that advances in experimental approaches allowed ...

Muscles make up nearly 40% of the human body and power every move we make, from a child's first steps to recovery after ...

Developmental biology seeks to document the path from embryo to organism, where cell-to-cell interactions and the spatial organization of tissues influence developmental mechanisms. Consequently, ...

Two to three weeks after conception, an embryo faces a critical point in its development. In the stage known as gastrulation, the transformation of embryonic cells into specialized cells begins. This ...

The dialogue findings provide an initial snapshot of public opinion on human embryo research, and that of stem cell embryo models, and aim to inform future public consultation, policy development and ...

Human heart development is largely influenced by neural crest cells, which carefully regulate a key growth signal.

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 ...

While human bodies are very similar to one another, there are myriad variations that make each of us unique. This even comes down to the genes we carry. Although most of us carry roughly the same ...