Public perspectives on stem-cell-based human embryo models
Our scientific understanding of early human embryogenesis is the product of costly trade-offs...
A mature female reproductive cell (egg cell), which contains half the genetic information needed to make a new human.
Our scientific understanding of early human embryogenesis is the product of costly trade-offs...
Angiotensin converting enzyme 2 is involved in vital cyclic ovarian functions and thus COVID-19 may impact female reproductive health...
Hundreds of genetic variations may influence the age at which menopause starts, researchers have discovered...
An in vitro gametogenesis (IVG) breakthrough has been achieved as mouse stem cells have been used to create egg cells that have successfully developed into live mice when used in IVF...
No differences were identified between IVF cycles taking place before and after the patients received the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine...
The first IVF baby was born in 1978, and represented a milestone at the cross section of basic science, clinical research and patient care...
Students of bioethics sometimes imagine that the philosophical, moral and legal status of the human embryo is reducible to the single question: 'Is the human embryo a person?'...
Oocytes mature differently in older women, in a process that could contribute to a decrease in fertility, a study from scientists in Barcelona, Spain has shown...
Women experiencing early-stage menopause had their menstrual cycle restored after receiving ovarian injections of platelet-rich plasma and gonadotrophins, according to a Taiwanese study, with one woman becoming pregnant after IVF...
by Dr Ëlo Luik
Freezing Fertility is a timely and powerful book that is a multidisciplinary cultural analysis of egg freezing...
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