IVF at 40. Louise Brown: My life as the world’s first ‘test tube baby’
On 10 November 1977, almost 40 years ago, the world’s first embryologist Jean Purdy observed that an embryo in a petri dish had divided...
Women who consume more than one sugary drink a day while undergoing IVF cut their chances of conceiv
Women who consume sugary drinks while having IVF cut their chances of conceiving, new research reveals. Drinking more than one sugary...
DNA surgery on embryos removes disease
Precise "chemical surgery" has been performed on human embryos to remove disease in a world first, Chinese researchers have reported. The...
UK scientists edit DNA of human embryos
The blueprint for life - DNA - has been altered in human embryos for the first time in the UK. The team at the Francis Crick Institute...
A New Way to Reproduce
Scientists are trying to manufacture eggs and sperm in the laboratory. Will it end reproduction as we know it? Let’s call him B.D.,...
Prospect of Synthetic Embryos Sparks New Bioethics Debate
An “embryoid” created from stem cells shares key features with a real human embryo, like an amniotic sac, but lacks other elements. Yue...
Flame retardants may hinder infertility treatments, study suggests
Researchers have linked higher exposure to a type of flame retardant to a greater likelihood that in vitro fertilization (IVF) won't...
World's Largest Gathering of Twins
If you unwittingly pass through this Midwestern town on the first weekend in August, you might think you’ve stumbled into a mirrored...
