Complexity Digest 2003.04 - 18.01

27-Jan-2003

Secrets of Embryo Success Revealed, BBC news Bookmark and Share

Excerpts: Scientists may have found out what makes a human embryo stick to the wall of the womb and start developing. (...) Dr Roger Searle, director of anatomy and clinical skills at the University of Newcastle, UK,said: "It's a radical idea, which is gaining more support, that the embryo is actually communicating with the uterus. "It used to be thought that everything was down to the mother, but now it seems more likely that there is this dialogue going on."