Worlds First Synthetic Human Embryos Created
A team of researchers in the United States and United Kingdom say they have created the world’s first synthetic human embryo-like structures
Older millennials waiting longer to have children
Older millennials waiting longer to have children because of the Covid-19 pandemic
First Embryo With Human and Monkey Cells Created
For the first time, scientists have created embryos that are a mix of human and monkey cells.
First IVF babys 40th birthday: How a tiny girl changed science and the world
In July 1978, "You're the one that I want" from Grease was top of the pops in Australia, women were marching for equal rights in the US,...
Preserving fertility during chemotherapy
One of the most significant impairments of the quality of life after a chemotherapy is infertility. Researchers have now identified the...
Tests showing low egg reserves not linked to infertility
Lab tests showing that women have low reserves of eggs in their ovaries may not necessarily mean they will struggle to get pregnant, a...
Freezing Ovarian Tissue May Be a Promising Fertility Treatment
By 2018, some 76,000 women in the U.S. will freeze their eggs every year to preserve their fertility and increase their odds of getting...
U.S. panel gives yellow light to human embryo gene editing
Editing the DNA of a human embryo to prevent a disease in a baby could be ethically allowable one day—but only in rare circumstances and...
