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embryo

[em-bree-oh] / ˈɛm briˌoʊ /
NOUN
fetus
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In the UK, in 2023, more than 50,000 patients had IVF cycles - where eggs are fertilised in a lab and the embryo is then placed in the woman's uterus.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Scientists from the Robinson Research Institute, the School of Biomedicine, and the Freemasons Centre for Male Health and Wellbeing studied how space-like conditions affect sperm navigation, fertilization, and early embryo development.

From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026

Eventually, the 10th and final embryo worked, and Anita became pregnant.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

The research team discovered that many of these extra mutations arise soon after conception during the earliest rounds of cell division in the embryo.

From Science Daily • Dec. 3, 2025

“But why do you want to keep the embryo below par?” asked an ingenuous student.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley




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