Pioneering embryologist Shoukhrat Mitalipov reported that his team has encountered hurdles in creating functional human eggs ...
Scientists are working to create human eggs in a laboratory dish, but the process is proving to be more challenging than ...
A reproductive medicine professor described the work as an “exciting proof of concept” that may change approaches to ...
Scientists have developed functional eggs from ordinary human skin cells, a proof of concept that could open up new ways to treat infertility.
US researchers successfully created early-stage human embryos from adult skin cells, bypassing traditional egg cells through ...
For a long time, having children has been a young person’s game. Although ancient records are sparse, researchers estimate that, for most of human history, women most typically conceived their first ...
On the third day after fertilisation a human embryo is made of six to 12 roughly identical cells; on day four its cells appear to fuse into a mostly uniform blob; and on day five it puffs out to ...
Scientists have detected microplastics in human semen and follicular fluid, the liquid that surrounds an egg in an ovarian follicle. "This is not an isolated finding –– it appears to be quite common," ...
Recently, scientists have reviewed the existing literature to understand how space travel, space radiation, and microgravity affect human reproductive functions. This review was published in Npj ...
A study based on a review of genetic and health information from more than 276,000 people finds strong support for a decades-old evolutionary theory that sought to explain aging and senescence. A ...