A team of scientists from China has successfully created a miniature womb on a chip that mimics the complex environment of ...

Exclusive: Research suggests supplementing eggs with a key protein reduces age-related defects, raising hopes of improved IVF for older women ...

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 ...

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 ...

Thinking of a pregnancy might bring to mind an expanding belly or the first kick of your baby. Well, before all of that, something equally incredible happens: within hours of fertilisation, the cells ...