For optimistic parents, the embryo transfer during IVF is a moment of joy and apprehension. But when implantation doesn’t occur, one is left not only with medical questions, but with a deep and aching ...

Avoiding a multiple pregnancy during IVF seems easy: Just transfer a single embryo. Single-embryo transfer is associated with a lower pregnancy rate as well as a much reduced multiple pregnancy rate.

Researchers at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) in collaboration with the Dexeus University Hospital have captured unparalleled images of a human embryo implanting. This is the ...

Scientists have gotten an unprecedented look at how the human embryo implants in a uterus. They did this by creating very primitive, womb-like environments in the lab. "This is really important work ...

Did you know that the first week after fertilisation sets the foundation for an entire pregnancy? Sounds surprising, right? From the moment a sperm meets an egg, the embryo begins a remarkable journey ...

A team of scientists has just gotten a closer peek into one of the earliest and most fundamental steps of creating a human life. Research out today highlights how they captured—for the first ...