(Reuters) -Human skin cells may one day be used to create functional human eggs in a step toward helping women have their own genetic children when their natural eggs are dysfunctional, according to ...

Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) have developed a remarkable new way for making human body cells behave like egg cells—a technique that could change the course of the future of ...

A team of scientists at the University of Seville has identified an essential process that protects DNA integrity in reproductive cells, providing new clues about how organisms avoid genetic defects ...

Master is associate professor in the Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and associate director of Wake Forest University’s Center for ...

Cyclophosphamide (CP) is an anticancer drug that induces oxidative stress, leading to gonadal toxicity. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of co-treatment with zinc oxide nanoparticles ...

New research has mapped the cell types that specialise to form reproductive organs in both sexes, identifying key genes and signals that drive this process. The findings offer important insights into ...

When accounting for IVF, genetic testing, donor services, and reproductive tissue storage, the fertility market in the US is estimated to be more than $8B One in five individuals struggle to conceive, ...

It’s not just about chromosomes. Or reproductive cells. Or any other binary metric. Many genetic, environmental and developmental variations can produce what are thought of as masculine and feminine ...

A January executive order by President Donald Trump designates people as female if they make the “large” reproductive cell (the egg) and male if they make the “small” one (the sperm). But the human ...