China has become the first nation to send human artificial embryos into orbit, aiming to uncover how space conditions like ...

China has sent artificially constructed human embryo models to the Tiangong space station, marking ...

For a long time, having children has been a young person’s game. Although ancient records are sparse, researchers estimate that, for most of human history, women most typically conceived their first ...

A University of Michigan-led study based on a review of genetic and health information from more than 276,000 people finds strong support for a decades-old evolutionary theory that sought to explain ...

The experiment should reveal how microgravity affects early human development – a critical question if we ever want to have babies beyond the confines of our planet.

Assisted reproductive technologies are medical procedures that help people experiencing difficulty having or an inability to have biological children of their own. From in vitro fertilization to ...

Progress in the in vitro derivation of human gametes (eggs and sperm) continues to advance. In vitro–derived gametes are generated using pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) through a process called “in ...