In a proof-of-concept experiment, scientists demonstrated that you can create and fertilize human eggs in the lab using sperm ...

Scientists have created egg-like cells capable of fertilization using DNA from ordinary skin cells in what could be a major ...

The embryos weren’t used to try to establish a pregnancy, but the researchers behind the technique say it could one day be ...

Scientists describe the technique as an early proof of concept and say it could take at least a decade of further research ...

Scientists have developed functional eggs from ordinary human skin cells, a proof of concept that could open up new ways to ...

The technique, still in its early stages, could eventually help people facing age, illness, or same-sex infertility become ...

A reproductive medicine professor described the work as an “exciting proof of concept” that may change approaches to ...

Oregon scientists used human skin cells to create fertilizable eggs, a step in the quest to develop lab-grown eggs or sperm to one day help people conceive.

Scientists have turned DNA from human skin cells into "functional" eggs that are capable of producing early human embryos, ...

Scientists created the eggs using DNA from adult skin cells, a step that could someday potentially lead to new ways to treat infertility and enable gay couples to have genetically related children.

Robotic in vitro fertilization (IVF) systems are being used to fertilize eggs in clinical trials, producing at least 20 children so far, according to The Washington Post.

In a common metaphor used to describe human fertilization, sperm cells are competitors racing to penetrate a passive egg. But as critics have noted, the description is also a “fairy tale” rooted in ...