A stem-cell derived human embryo model showing blue cells (embryo), yellow cells (yolk sac) and pink cells (placenta). Scientists have grown an entity that closely resembles an early human embryo ...

Scientists have officially grown a notochord—the tissues that act as the “GPS for the developing embryo” by guiding the ...

In a few decades, gene-editing technologies could reduce the likelihood of common human diseases. Societies must use this ...

New bills focus on human embryonic and fetal development education and authority of public health department directors.

A study led by researchers at Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health found that both maternal and paternal ...

Destructive Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research—The term “destructive human embryonic stem cell research” means any research that involves the disaggregation of any human embryo for the ...

are human beings — living members of the species Homo sapiens. Those words — “embryo,” “infant,” “adolescent,” and so forth ... David Weiss slammed the outgoing president for sugge ...

The development of human synthetic embryos was announced at the annual meeting of the International Society for Stem Cell Research. Synthetic embryos are also known as "embryo models", as they ...

MPs had been debating the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill, which would allow regulated research using hybrid or 'admix' embryos, where the nuclei of human cells are inserted into animal eggs.

Editor's note: The author was a member of the National Institutes of Health's Human Embryo Research Panel in the mid-1990s. The panel recommended ethical guidelines for all future federally funded ...