Fertilisation marks the beginning of a fascinating, one-week journey during which a single cell starts to multiply into many ...

Implantation usually occurs 6 to 12 days after conception. Common signs include bleeding and cramps.

This study is led by Prof. Lei Jin and Dr. Lixia Zhu (Reproductive Medicine Center, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology). Assisted reproductive ...

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) and their cargo microRNAs (miRNAs) are important regulators of embryo development to the blastocyst stage and beyond. Before implantation can take place, hatching of ...

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

Fragments of DNA left by viruses that infected our distant ancestors may be 'firestarters' for new human life, new research ...

In the wake of the Alabama Supreme Court decision establishing that frozen embryos can be considered children, some IVF clinics in that state have paused operations -- because discarding embryos is ...

With embryolike constructs built entirely from stem cells, researchers can revolutionize our understanding of development. But how close to an embryo is too close? In April, researchers in China ...

June 11 (Reuters) - The Southern Baptist Convention voted Wednesday to condemn the use of in vitro fertilization and commend congregants who use alternative fertility therapies or adopt frozen embryos ...

Using the blastocyst complementation method, we produced rat embryonic stem (ES) cell-derived sperm in testicular hypoplasia mice and successfully generated rat offspring. This method can provide a ...