Across mammal species, from baboons and gorillas up to humans, females usually live longer than the males do. However, this ...

More work needs to be done to create viable human embryos, but the method might someday be used in IVF to help infertile people and male couples.

When couples have trouble conceiving a baby or lose a pregnancy, they often undergo routine tests, which can turn up a shock: ...

Oregon scientists used human skin cells to create fertilizable eggs, a step in the quest to develop lab-grown eggs or sperm ...

An innovative use of skin cells could provide a route for gay couples or women with fertility problems to have children that ...

"For the first time, scientists have shown that DNA from ordinary body cells can be placed into an egg, activated, and made ...

Around the world, women on average live longer than men. This striking pattern holds true across nearly all countries and ...

Researchers developed an experimental method to convert skin cells into eggs, potentially allowing older women and same-sex ...

Scientists have developed functional eggs from ordinary human skin cells, a proof of concept that could open up new ways to treat infertility.

In a proof-of-concept experiment, scientists demonstrated that you can create and fertilize human eggs in the lab using sperm ...

A reproductive medicine professor described the work as an “exciting proof of concept” that may change approaches to ...

Human skin cells may one day be used to create functional human eggs in a step toward helping women have their own genetic ...