Our understanding of human placenta formation just deepened with the discovery of a gene essential to early embryonic ...

University of Cambridge scientists have used human stem cells to create three-dimensional embryo-like structures that replicate certain aspects of very early human development—including the production ...

Gastrulation is the process that creates the 3 axes of the body. While this stage was thought to be driven solely by chemical signals, new tools made it possible to test whether physical forces play ...

Scientists at EPFL have created a scalable 3D organoid model that captures key features of early limb development, revealing ...