A new study found that microgravity simulated on Earth hindered sperm cell movement, egg fertilization and embryo development ...

Researchers found that microgravity impairs sperm navigation without affecting speed, reducing fertilization rates and ...

Research findings are available online in the journal Communications Biology. The original story “ Getting pregnant in space ...

In the earliest hours after fertilization, an embryo takes its first steps toward becoming a living organism by shedding maternal control and activating its own genetic program. This critical process, ...

As the United States announced plans to build a residential base on the Moon within 10 years, a study has emerged suggesting ...

The research team discovered that glassware used to manipulate and culture fertilized eggs in the fields of assisted reproductive technology (ART), livestock farming, and basic research contains toxic ...

Descriptions of the embryo go back at least to the time of Aristotle, but it has only been since the late 19 th century and early 20 th century that advances in experimental approaches allowed ...

Researchers have used naïve pluripotent stem cells to create an embryo model that looks and acts like a natural human embryo. They say it’s an ethical way of gaining a better understanding of ...