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embryo

[em-bree-oh] / ˈɛm briˌoʊ /
NOUN
fetus
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"Our recording captured a clear, permanent mark distinguishing the two very first cells, letting us trace nearly every cell we profiled from the embryo back to one or the other," said Kim.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026

It not only covered more services than other states, including three egg retrievals and unlimited embryo transfers, it covered them for more people.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

In reliance on that agreement, the parents entrust the surrogate with their embryo, which contains their own genetic material.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

The embryo grows until it causes the organ to rupture, triggering catastrophic bleeding.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

Limbs, torsos, brains, eyes, faces—even temperaments or propensities that were inherited—had to be created anew each time an embryo unfurled into a human fetus.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

One possibility is that male embryos produce distinctive proteins that can trigger an unfavorable maternal immune response following a viral infection.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026

"We have no other way to study these planetary embryos directly because they are too small."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

He also contributed to a 2024 study that found that cotton and polyester microfibers disrupted the development of sea urchin embryos.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

However, embryos are often not visible on an ultrasound early in pregnancy.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

Under the microscopes, their long tails furiously lashing, spermatozoa were burrowing head first into eggs; and, fertilized, the eggs were expanding, dividing, or if bokanovskified, budding and breaking up into whole populations of separate embryos.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley


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