The body's control organ undergoes four major transitions during a lifetime, with 'adolescence' lasting more than two decades ...

Study maps five major eras of brain wiring from birth to old age, revealing the key turning points that shape how we learn, ...

New research by neuroscientists at the University of Cambridge has identified five key stages of human brain development. The ...

The data showed there is "non-linear change across development" in the brain, suggesting it does not continue on one steady ...

For the first time, scientists have used human cells to make structures that mimic the earliest stages of development, which they say will pave the way for more research without running afoul of ...

(Nanowerk News) Cambridge scientists have created a stem cell-derived model of the human embryo in the lab by reprogramming human stem cells. The breakthrough could help research into genetic ...

The new platform's ethically grounded approach promises to reveal much about how human embryos form during the earliest stages of pregnancy. It's one of life's most defining moments -- that crucial ...

A gene that turns on very early in embryonic development could be key to the formation of the placenta, which provides the ...

In a recent study published in Nature, researchers created a comprehensive digital atlas of fetal brain maturation from a large cohort, detailing structural growth and folding from early pregnancy to ...

The first steps of human development—those that occur within the first few weeks of pregnancy—remain mysterious in many ways. Within a week of fertilization, human embryos form a blastocyst, which ...

For the first time, scientists have used human cells to make structures that mimic the earliest stages of development, which they say will pave the way for more research without running afoul of ...

Sigmund Freud developed a five-stage model of human development, each stage with its own characteristics and challenges. Not only was this a useful way of viewing our growth, but he believed that ...