Researchers have developed a method for culturing fertilized chick eggs without their shells. The eggs were placed in an artificial culture vessel made of transparent film, allowing for real-time ...

Tsukuba, Japan—Efforts to observe chicken embryonic development date back to Aristotle date back to 300 BC. However, because the chicken's eggshell is opaque, it has been necessary to break the shell ...

A new method to grow chicken embryos without their opaque eggshells could lead to direct observation of bird development as well as advances in stem cell research, scientists say. One of the key goals ...