Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) have developed a remarkable new way for making human body cells behave like egg cells—a technique that could change the course of the future of ...

For some couples, even in vitro fertilization (IVF) cannot fulfill the desire for a biological child. Women who have undergone cancer treatment, those whose egg reserves have declined with age, and ...

(BOSTON) — More than one-sixth of adults around the world experience infertility in their lifetime. There is a high unmet need not only for increased access to affordable, high-quality fertility care ...

Integrated screening and CRISPR reveal eleven previously unknown factors essential for early embryo development. They showed that CXCR2 and CTSD are required for preimplantation development.

The earliest days after fertilization, once a sperm cell meets an egg, are shrouded in scientific mystery. The process of how a humble single cell becomes an organism fascinates scientists across ...

A microscopic structure in mammalian egg cells called a meiotic spindle has one crucial job—and during egg maturation, it has only a few hours to do it properly. What happens in those few hours has ...

(CNN) — Scientists are exploring ways to mimic the origins of human life without two fundamental components: sperm and egg. They are coaxing clusters of stem cells – programmable cells that can ...