Common test to assess viability of IVF embryos may be flawed
A test deployed in many fertility clinics to assess the viability of embryos for use in IVF is…
Review reveals how paternal lifestyle shapes sperm epigenetics and offspring health
A new review in Clinical Epigenetics synthesises growing evidence that paternal lifestyle and environmental exposures such as diet,…
Cancer hijacks embryonic gene editors to fuel growth
Cancer cells are known to reawaken embryonic genes to grow. A new study reveals the disease also hijacks…
First Ever Time-Lapse Video Of How A Human Embryo Implants Itself Into Uterine Wall Revealed In New Study » TwistedSifter
Shutterstock All humans (and honestly, basically all mammals) have a major task to accomplish very early on in…
New technique succeeds in studying embryo implantation outside the body
The use of assisted reproductive technologies like in vitro fertilization is becoming more common worldwide. However, while these…
ISSCR updates guidelines to address advances in stem cell-based embryo models
The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) released an update of its 2021 Guidelines for Stem Cell…