Researchers are inching closer to mass-producing eggs and sperm in the lab from ordinary human cells. The technique could provide new ways to treat infertility but also open a Pandora's box. We are ...

(RNS) — Scientists have created a human embryo without the use of sperm or an egg — a true test-tube baby. Such embryos cannot (yet) develop into full-grown human beings. Even if transplanted into a ...

Journal of Applied Philosophy, Vol. 33, No. 2, Symposium on International Reproductive Markets (May 2016), pp. 117-124 (8 pages) Jyotsna Agnihotri Gupta, ‘Reproductive biocrossings: Indian egg donors ...

Researchers from Edinburgh University, UK, in collaboration with a team from Harvard Medical School, are attempting to successfully produce mature human eggs sourced from stem cells. Isolated from ...

Scientists have detected microplastics — the tiny and pervasive fragments now found in our seas, drinking water, food and, increasingly, living tissue — in human semen and follicular fluid, according ...

In the quest to create better options for couples facing infertility, scientists have been racing to create eggs and sperm in a laboratory dish. A study published Tuesday in Nature Communications from ...

Human beings would probably be known as pilosals rather than mammals if Carl Linnaeus had not been a proponent of breast-feeding. For social and political reasons, the famed taxonomist labeled the ...

Human Reproduction is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering all aspects of human reproduction, including reproductive physiology and pathology, endocrinology, andrology, gonad function, ...