New assisted reproductive technologies, embryo pooling and banking, are transforming fertility treatments. Embryo pooling improves pregnancy rates, es ...

New U.S. Embryo Screening Firm Raises Specter of ‘Designer Babies’ Embryos that meet parental desires will be eligible for implanting, and undesirable ones will be discarded.

Researchers have reported growing hearts containing human cells in pig embryos for the first time. The embryos survived for 21 days, and in that time their tiny hearts started beating.

Scientists observe how early embryos use epithelial cells to eliminate bacteria via phagocytosis, even before developing an immune system. Learn more.

A judge released a Russian-born scientist and Harvard University researcher charged with smuggling frog embryos into the United States on bail Thursday.

BOSTON — A judge released a Russian-born scientist and Harvard University researcher charged with smuggling frog embryos into the United States on bail Thursday after a brief hearing.

Harvard researcher Kseniia Petrova is indicted on three federal charges for allegedly smuggling frog embryos into the U.S., potentially facing up to 20 years in prison for the violations.

A Palm Springs deputy fire chief unknowingly saved the embryos of one of his colleagues after an explosion outside a fertility clinic on Saturday.

A Harvard University researcher accused of smuggling clawed frog embryos into the United States is facing additional charges ...