A new technique that allows embryos to develop in vitro beyond the implantation stage (when the embryo would normally implant into the womb) has been developed by scientists at the University of Cambridge allowing them to analyse for the first time key stages of human embryo development up to 13
days after fertilisation.
The smaller eggs from overweight and obese women were less likely to reach a crucial stage of development called the «blastocyst», which occurs around five
days after fertilisation when the embryo resembles a hollow ball of cells.
Syncytin - 1 is known to help embryos burrow into the uterus, as well as form a placenta — a process that begins around five to seven
days after fertilisation.
«Trying to determine whether a human embryo survives during the first
days after fertilisation is almost impossible,» says Dr Jarvis.
It occurs 6
days after fertilisation has occurred.
Not exact matches
The team watched them develop from the one - cell stage, between 12 and 18 hours
after fertilisation, until a blastocyst had formed five or six
days later.