The unborn offspring of a mammal. In humans, this stage of development lasts from nine weeks after fertilisation until birth.
Stem cell lines from multiple human donors have been combined to create 3D brain organoids for the first time...
New research disputes that paternal metformin use during preconception causes birth defects, contradicting previous research published in the area...
Genome editing has been successfully used to treat liver disease in fetal monkeys while still in the womb...
Placenta organoids created from cultured human placenta cells have been used to shed light on several types of infection in early pregnancy...
A leaked letter between government officials has highlighted national security concerns to UK health data, yet the UK Government has decided the genomics sector will not be designated as critical national infrastructure...
A young New York couple begin the tech-paved path to parenthood...
A Canadian DNA testing company sold prenatal paternity tests to customers knowing the results were inaccurate, an investigation revealed...
As stem-cell-based embryo models (SCBEMs) become increasingly complex, they also raise big questions – how do we define a human embryo, and what limits should be placed on SCBEM research?...
Stem cells collected from amniotic fluid during pregnancy can be grown into organoids to study organ development and improve prenatal diagnosis of medical conditions...
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