New studies are shedding light on one of the biggest mysteries of human reproduction and what can be done to combat it.

Cell division is an essential process for all life on earth, yet the exact mechanisms by which cells divide during early ...

This research, supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation, is an important step toward helping biologists understand ...

Scientists have gotten an unprecedented look at how the human embryo implants in a uterus. They did this by creating very primitive, womb-like environments in the lab. "This is really important work ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Monika Piotrowska, University at Albany, State University of New York (THE ...

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In a Maryland operating room one day in November 2025, doctors made medical history by transplanting a genetically modified pig kidney into a living patient. The kidney had been engineered to mimic ...

Clare Kilcullen always wanted to be a mother, but when she went through early menopause in her 20s, she wasn't sure how that would happen. "[I thought] it would probably be an egg donor, but then in ...

Baby Thaddeus Pierce began as a embryo that was frozen for more than 30 years. He holds the record for developing from the longest-frozen embryo known to result in a live birth. His mom was 4 and his ...

1 Key Laboratory of Animal Cell Biotechnology, National Institute of Animal Science, Hanoi, Vietnam. 2 Faculty of Biomedical Science, Phenikaa University, Hanoi, Vietnam. 3 Faculty of Biotechnology, ...