This year, the first two children in Lithuania may be born using donated embryos
Lithuania may see the birth of its first children conceived from donated embryos this year, following an initiative by 35 families to contribute their embryos for fertility treatments.
Choosing the 'best baby'? Eye-catching promises and doubts about the genetic selection of embryos
New advertising promotes genetic selection of embryos as a means to have healthier babies, while experts warn about scientific limits, ethical dilemmas, and potential social effects.
The startup where AI creates embryos
A fertility lab in Mexico City uses artificial intelligence to create human embryos with a robotic assembly line named AURA.
Fertility patients win high court battle to save embryos after consent error
A high court in the UK has ruled in favor of fertility patients, allowing them to keep their embryos, eggs, and sperm after they failed to renew consent due to an oversight.
A white couple in Florida gave birth to a black child. The clinic probably swapped the embryos
A white couple in Florida discovered that the child they birthed was black, leading to suspicions of an embryo mix-up at the fertility clinic they used.
The Supreme Court ruled that a woman can use embryos fertilized from her ex-partner's sperm, despite his opposition
The Supreme Court ruled that a woman is allowed to use frozen embryos fertilized with her ex-partner's sperm, overriding his opposition, in a decision supported by a majority of judges.
The first laboratory that creates embryos with robots and artificial intelligence
The first laboratory in Mexico City is leveraging robotics and artificial intelligence to make in vitro fertilization more accessible and improve the accuracy of results.
What if menstruation occurred every three months? Hongmei Wang, the Chinese biologist researching how to expand fertile life amid demographic collapse
Chinese biologist Hongmei Wang is investigating ways to extend fertile life using cutting-edge experiments with stem cells and human embryos to combat population aging.