Eating large amounts of ultra-processed food (UPF) is linked not only to reduced fertility in men, but also to slower growth ...

Eating less ultra-processed food, especially around the time of conception and pregnancy, is better for both parents and ...

Researchers say both mothers‑ and fathers‑to‑be play an important role in pregnancy and offspring outcomes.

A light micrograph of a mouse embryo. RIKEN researchers have created synthetic molecular pathways that illuminate embryonic development. © ...

Prof Jules Griffin, Director of the Rowett Institute, University of Aberdeen, said: ...

Researchers developed a method that visualizes gene activity across an entire embryo with high spatial detail. The resulting ...

Embryonic development is a finely orchestrated process in which a single cell differentiates into the myriad specialised tissues that comprise a fully formed organism. Central to this process are ...

A lot happens in the first month of human embryo development as a single cell morphs into multitudes. Yet despite its significance, this period is basically a “black box” to researchers, says stem ...

Cell division is an essential process for all life on earth, yet the exact mechanisms by which cells divide during early embryonic development have remained elusive – particularly for egg-laying ...

Magdalena (Magda) Zernicka-Goetz, today a developmental and stem cell biologist at the University of Cambridge and California Institute of Technology, recalled being an artistic child who enjoyed ...