Researchers identified genes that could explain why some assisted reproductive technologies, like IVF, carry a higher risk of ...

AI has the potential to improve in vitro fertilisation treatments, offering new hope in the journey towards parenthood.

Decisions by Britain's Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority, an independent body which regulates fertility and embryo research in the U.K., to allow the practice have previously been ...

One figure widely quoted by pest control companies: There are 1,000 pounds of termites for every human on Earth. If you like big numbers, the 2018 report is delicious reading. Recently ...

Pollution significantly impacts both male and female fertility, affecting sperm quality, testosterone levels, and oocyte quality. Even IVF success rates are lowered due to poorer air quality.

One day in the summer of 1924, an anthropologist named Raymond Dart made an incredible discovery — and drew a conclusion from it about human nature that would mislead us for a century.

From this moment, the fertilised egg is now called a zygote, and contains all the genetic material needed for human development. The journey has only just begun, though. Some studies estimate up to ...

An innovative fertility technology using stem cells to help an embryo mature outside the body has resulted in the world’s first live human birth ... in vitro fertilization (IVF) has helped ...

with natural conception becoming rare by the mid-40s. Male reproductive aging Male fertility focus: DNA damage in sperm increases with age, reducing embryo quality and implantation rates.

Columnist Ruth Marcus begins her latest Washington Post column, on the Alabama supreme court’s ruling last Friday on a wrongful-death suit involving frozen human embryos accidentally destroyed ...