Scientists have recorded a human embryo implanting in a womb in real time. The implications of how it happens could lead to ...

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Physical cues in the womb, and not just genetics, influence the normal development of neural crest cells, the embryonic stem cells that form facial features, finds a new study. Physical cues in the ...

Microplastics have been discovered in human placentas, raising concerns about potential risks to fetal development. These ...

Before the FDA would approve experimenting with a human in an artificial womb, scientists would have to show that the device could facilitate growth and development while reducing the rate of death ...

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. The little clump of cells looked almost like a human embryo. Created from stem cells, without eggs, sperm, or a womb, the embryo model had a yolk sac and a proto ...