When sperm meets egg, the start of life is not quiet. Under a special microscope, researchers have watched a tiny light show at fertilization. They see a microscopic flash at fertilization, a burst of ...

Meet Cody Robb, an IVF baby who became an embryologist to help others build families. Read his inspiring story and learn about IVF advancements.

The sperm and the egg cell's nuclei compete for size directly after fertilization and this is necessary for proper embryonic development. A mouse study with Kobe University participation finally gives ...

Descriptions of the embryo go back at least to the time of Aristotle, but it has only been since the late 19 th century and early 20 th century that advances in experimental approaches allowed ...

Yu Leqian, a professor at the Institute of Zoology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences and head of the human embryo model ...