In our case, a second ultrasound with the “ultrasound” Shibangu test was performed and revealed that the pregnancy was ...

Children conceived through assisted reproductive technology (ART) were modestly more likely to develop asthma, allergic ...

Life expectancy across 117 mammals was increased by hormonal contraception and surgical sterilization in new study.

Recent research highlights that for fertility and aging, the egg may be the leading lady, but she needs her supporting cast.

In 2018, Chinese scientist He Jiankui shocked the world when he revealed that he had created the first gene-edited babies. Using Crispr, he tweaked the genes of three human embryos in an attempt to ...

Scientists have created human eggs containing genes from adult skin cells, a step that someday could help women who are infertile or gay couples have babies with their own genes but would also raise ...

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 ...

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is entering a period of profound transformation, driven by three powerful megatrends: demographic, climate, and technological change. In MENA, their ...

Herophilos of Chalcedon, the pioneering anatomist who transformed the study of the human body through direct observation. Credit: Ecelan, CC BY-SA 3.0 ES <https ...

A human embryo embeds itself into a fake uterus created by researchers. Screenshot from an Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia video Sixty percent of miscarriages are caused by the failure of an ...