With today's advanced microscopes, scientists can capture videos of entire embryos developing in real time. But there's a ...

A small tissue fold in fly embryos, once thought purposeless, plays a vital role in stabilizing tissues. Researchers show that it absorbs stress during early development, and its position and timing ...

This is precisely the time when the embryo undergoes profound changes in shape and develops precursors of various organs -- a highly complex process that leaves many questions unanswered.

Researchers at EPFL have created the first 4D lipid atlas of vertebrate development, revealing how fats shape our bodies from ...

A tissue fold known as the cephalic furrow, an evolutionary novelty that forms between the head and the trunk of fly embryos, ...

In contrast to the development of other animals whose embryonic cells rely on chemical signals for orientation, in P. hawaiensis the grid patterning is a mechanical event that spans two regions — one ...

Researchers have now found, however, that during a crucial stage of development, the regulation of alternative splicing goes wild. Reporting in Science, investigators studied the very early ...

Studying this process in the human-specific context has posed significant challenges to biologists, but new research offers an unprecedented window into this point in time in human development.

The device combines an incubator that maintains perfect conditions, with a tiny camera that takes photos every 10-15 minutes – creating a time-lapse video of the embryo’s development.

Researchers have discovered a key transition in early embryonic development is facilitated by decreasing levels of a viral protein inserted into the DNA of our early animal ancestors. Researchers at ...

Scientists recorded in 3D and in real time the exact moment a human embryo implanted itself in an artificial uterus, opening ...

However, when sped up in the simulation to travel a millimeter in four minutes, the calcium wave synchronized cell activity, and the embryo developed normally. The simulation exposed the calcium wave ...