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

Scientists are making inroads in understanding one of the central mysteries of human reproduction: Why do women’s eggs ...

(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 ...

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

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 ...

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 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 ...

Human eggs have been "rejuvenated" for the first time, an advance scientists say could revolutionise IVF success rates for ...

As Election Day approaches, there's a national spotlight on reproductive health care. This includes a medical process hopeful parents go through to grow their families called in vitro fertilization.

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 ...

Pioneering ICSI technique can be a lucrative tool for horse breeders. March 13, 2012— -- My Special Girl, an 11-year-old red thoroughbred, will soon deliver her first foal, and anyone with an ...