System replicates womb lining to 'listen in' to embryo-mother interactions during implantation

By engineering a system replicating the womb lining with high biological accuracy, researchers at the Babraham Institute and ...

The way our cells respond to estrogen depends on how DNA is 'supercoiled'

Although it also performs some functions in men, estrogen, the main female sex hormone, is involved in a myriad of processes, ...

Some mammals can hit pause on a pregnancy—understanding how that happens could help us treat cancer

Seals give birth only when conditions are right. After mating, a female seal can delay implantation of the embryo in the ...