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

Scientists found that embryonic skin cells “whisper” through faint mechanical tugs, using the same force-sensing proteins ...

Chinese scientists have, for the first time, cultivated a beating heart structure with human cells in a pig embryo, reporting ...

It’s time to step up the opposition to designer babies, says Marcy Darnovsky of the Center for Genetics and Society ...

Scientists found microplastics in fluids around human eggs and sperm. Plastics from cookware and packaging affect human ...

Scientists at ETH Zurich have broken new ground by generating over 400 types of nerve cells from stem cells in the lab, far ...

Like all complex organisms, every human originates from a single cell that multiplies through countless cell divisions.

New research presented at the 41st Annual Meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) ...

The research revealed widespread disruptions in the activity of genes responsible for early embryonic genome activation, metabolic processes, epigenetic regulation, and chromatin structure in embryos ...

Chinese scientists have, for the first time, cultivated a beating heart structure with human cells in a pig embryo, reporting that the heart continued to beat for 21 days unaided.

In a scientific “first,” a tiny heart structure composed of human cells has been successfully grown within a pig embryo.

A new tool allows parents undergoing in vitro fertilization to screen their embryos for health issues, but is it ethical? Genetic disease is believed to be linked to 41 percent of U.S. infants ...