After undergoing IVF, testing positive for a rare genetic disease and experiencing a disastrous lab error, Julie Mintz ...

Today, genomics is saving countless lives and even entire species, thanks in large part to a commitment to collaborative and ...

The 14-day limit on scientific study of children conceived in vitro is already abhorrent, and any attempt to extend it should ...

Take heart in this impression. A century ago, when adolescent psychology first emerged as a field of study, that was exactly ...

The Court was the last real line of defense for the right to access abortion in this country. With Kavanaugh’s confirmation, ...

Eggs and embryos from people with polycystic ovary syndrome have altered patterns of so-called epigenetic tags, which could ...

Medics implanted embryos — with Barrington’s extracted eggs fertilized ... she was pregnant so the best friends went to the ...

A Russian-born scientist at Harvard University accused of smuggling frog embryos into the United States was indicted on Wednesday on additional charges nearly two weeks after her lawyers secured her ...

Opinion Ethically sourced “spare” human bodies could revolutionize medicine Human “bodyoids” could reduce animal testing, improve drug development, and alleviate organ shortages.

Meet some of the women who were instrumental the development of the IVF treatments we use today, including Miriam Menkin and Jean Purdy.

Embryo models are getting remarkably realistic.The little clump of cells looked almost like a human embryo. Created from stem cells, without eggs, sperm, or a womb, the embryo model had a yolk sac ...

"Human evolution has occurred both due to, and in spite of, the placenta. Every pregnancy, unthinkingly, must navigate a careful path through it. Every menstruation is testament to it. It is partly ...