By a woman’s mid-30s, more than half of her eggs contain too many or too few chromosomes — a leading cause of miscarriage, ...

Researchers who presented their work at the Fertility 2026 conference in Edinburgh, Scotland, say they have identified how ...

An experimental treatment significantly improves the quality of human eggs and increases the proportion that can be used for ...

(Paris, France, Monday, 30 June 2025) A new international study presented today at the 41 st Annual Meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) reveals that IVF cycles ...

Megan Molteni reports on discoveries from the frontiers of genomic medicine, neuroscience, and reproductive tech. She joined STAT in 2021 after covering health and science at WIRED. You can reach ...

A company called Gameto claims to have successfully matured eggs outside of the female body, a development that could revolutionize the in vitro fertilization (IVF) process. "We are thrilled to ...

A pioneering study, presented today at the ESHRE 40 th Annual Meeting in Amsterdam, has revealed that exposure to fine particulate matter (PM) prior to the retrieval of oocytes (eggs) during in vitro ...

It has also become a big driver in the number of older single mothers in the U.S. at a time when the country's overall birth ...

A new study reveals that genetic technology can identify male infertility causes, enhancing IVF decisions and reducing ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The politically explosive Alabama Supreme Court decision that found frozen embryos could be considered children has focused national attention on assisted-reproduction services that ...

The soil roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans has just 959 cells and a body that is mostly gut and reproductive organs. Yet its reproduction is similar enough to ours that scientists like Francis McNally ...