The age-old debate of whether the chicken or the egg came first is explored through historical and evolutionary contexts.

Pipetting liquids into tiny test tubes, analyzing huge datasets, poring over research publications—all these tasks are part ...

Scientists have pinpointed how sperm and egg join to spark new life across the animal kingdom, from fish to people ...

The researchers employed the artificial intelligence tool AlphaFold to uncover how sperm proteins interact at the molecular ...

Researchers have developed a method for culturing fertilized chick eggs without their shells. The eggs were placed in an ...

A US startup, Heliospect Genomics, is offering wealthy couples the option to test embryos for IQ amid growing ethical debates ...

There is variability in when and how cells divide during the development of embryos. While researchers traditionally believed this variability was an obstacle that needed to be regulated, the Hiiragi ...

Discovered from earlier experiments in mice, the 'pause' molecule mTORi inhibits the mechanistic target of rapamycin, which ...

Scientists suggest that the earliest eggs were quite different from modern ones, likely produced by marine organisms such as ...

In recent years, interest has grown worldwide in the genetic testing of embryos among couples trying to conceive through IVF.

Hanna, a professor at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel ... In a predictable progression, a fertilized egg morphs into a ball of cells, then a bean-shaped blob, and then, ultimately ...

Embryo development starts when a single egg ... An international team of researchers including scientists from the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) has provided new insights ...