Scientists captured first real-time 3D video of human embryo implantation, revealing mechanical forces behind successful ...

This complicated but fundamental question has enormous ethical, legal, medical, philosophical, religious and scientific overtones. An article in The Journal of the Association of Basic Medical ...

Readers weigh in on a fraught question that touches on biology, politics, religion and philosophy. To the Editor: Re “When Does Life Start? A Post-Roe Conundrum” (front page, Jan. 2): When during ...

Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, University of Washington Embryonic development, also known as embryogenesis, is a cornerstone in understanding the origins of life ...

“Debates on when human life begins are rooted deep in philosophical history. However, until recently they have been limited by the state of technology.” In 1984, a commission on the regulatory ...

The Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD), rhetorically oversold as the “U.S. Church’s anti-poverty program” — Do no other such programs exist? — was an interesting idea in its time. That ...

Study suggests human brain development has four pivotal ‘turning points’ at around the ages of nine, 32, 66 and 83 Scientists have identified five major “epochs” of human brain development in one of ...

We stand at the beginning of history. For every person alive today, ten have lived and died in the past. But if human beings survive as long as the average mammal species, then for every person alive ...