Questions about embryo safety often arise whenever concerns about IVF procedures come into public discussion. Experts say ...

The earliest days after fertilization, once a sperm cell meets an egg, are shrouded in scientific mystery. The process of how a humble single cell becomes an organism fascinates scientists across ...

Who owns a future-person? As IVF outpaces the law, embryos are becoming the newest battleground of love, loss, and legal ...

A biotech firm wants to create “synthetic” human embryos that would be used to harvest organs in order to facilitate transplants and treat conditions such as infertility, genetic disease, and aging, ...

The Alabama Supreme Court on Friday ruled that frozen embryos are “children,” entitled to full personhood rights, and anyone who destroys them could be liable in a wrongful death case. The ...

An overview of the disposition of frozen embryos created through the IVF process upon termination of the prospective parents' relationship. The article offers a legal analysis under the framework of ...

A new study reveals that age-related autophagy decline blocks embryo development by triggering a lipid-burning crisis.

A preprint describing genetically edited human embryos is raising concerns among scientists that the U.S. is becoming more ...