The achievement gives researchers a chance to look at human development beyond the first week or so, when an embryo must implant in the uterus to develop further. That post-implantation stage hadn ...

"Avian (bird) embryos are an excellent model of human development as they have very similar morphology and development to post-implantation stage humans," White said. "The development of many ...

Some IVF cycles succeed while others fail, and understanding why this happens can be challenging. There are couples who turn to IVF hoping to build a family, yet they’ve faced repeated disappointment ...

The stem cell-based embryo model (SCBEM) takes advantage of the flexibility of pluripotent stem cells (non-reproductive cells ...

While human embryos donated from in vitro fertilization clinics ... study gene expression and the role of cell density in embryo development. (4) Post-Implantation Embryo Models: Scientists ...

Researchers reveal that the guinea pig pre-implantation embryo is very similar to the human embryo, spurring a better understanding of infertility and early human development. CRCHUM researcher ...