Researchers have successfully grown organoids from stem cells taken in late and active pregnancies for the first time. "Mini-organs," also called organoids, are tiny structures that can be used to ...

Cervical epithelial cells are far from passive bystanders in the body's immune system. New research shows they actually play ...

How can we ethically study the final stages of pregnancy? That sounds like an obvious question, but it has puzzled researchers for decades. For obvious reasons, whole human embryos cannot be grown and ...

Researchers from University College London and Great Ormond Street Hospital in the United Kingdom have been successful in harvesting stem cells from amniotic fluid to create working, miniature ...

Organoids are mini organs grown in labs from stem cells, but which until now have lacked blood vessels. A US team has fixed that Scientists at the University of North Texas in the United States report ...