Many top UK scientists are calling for the current 14-day limit on embryo research to be doubled to 28-days, so they can study the unexplored secrets of early human development. Lifting the ban ...

Lab-engineered human embryo models created from stem cells provide a look at development beyond the first week. But they raise ethical questions.

IDEAS It was the perfect embryo, full of possibility The glossy photo of a circle full of circles gave us hope. We never once believed, as the Alabama Supreme Court recently ruled, that we were ...

Supreme Court upholds 28-week-old fetus's right to life, denying unmarried woman's plea to terminate pregnancy under Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act despite provisions for rape survivors and ...

Learn about your baby's development from conception through the first four weeks of your pregnancy in WebMD's Pregnancy Week by Week guide.

At meeting on human embryo editing, CRISPR pioneer says science is a long way from knowing if germline DNA can be safely altered.

For women using IVF/intracytoplasmic sperm injection, SARS-CoV-2 infection within 10 weeks after embryo transfer may not negatively affect pregnancy, implantation and miscarriage rates ...

Take a peek inside the womb to see how your belly and your baby develop from week to week with this interactive visual pregnancy timeline from WebMD.

Having gone through the experience of IVF and embryo transfer, I can tell you that embryos are not children. Embryos represent the longed-for possibility of children, not the reality of them.