For decades, scientists have struggled to study this moment in humans because of ethical restrictions and limited access to ...

A team of scientists from China has successfully created a miniature womb on a chip that mimics the complex environment of ...

Life begins with a single fertilized cell that gradually transforms into a multicellular organism. This process requires ...

As you age, your fertility slowly declines. By freezing eggs or embryos when you’re young (usually under the age of 40), you can preserve your eggs’ health and, through in vitro fertilization (IVF), ...

The tragic news of the loss of the world's last remaining northern white rhino begs the question: Can it be brought back?

CINCINNATI (WXIX) - A Northern Kentucky couple who once thought they would never be able to have children is now a family-of-four thanks to a procedure that’s still fairly uncommon. Karie and Chris ...

The majority of fertilized eggs die and are resorbed into the body. ZEISS Microscopy/Flickr, CC BY-SA As an evolutionary biologist whose career has focused on how embryos develop in a wide variety of ...

The major objection to the use of embryonic stem cells for scientific research seems overcome by the promising development of a way to extract cells and propagate stem cell lines without killing the ...