In 2016, two Japanese reproductive biologists, Katsuhiko Hayashi and Mitinori Saitou, made an announcement in the journal Nature that read like a science-fiction novel. The researchers had taken skin ...

Human reproduction requires both male and female gametes. Gametes are special sex cells that contain the genetic information necessary to create a new life. Men produce millions of gametes called ...

For a long time, having children has been a young person’s game. Although ancient records are sparse, researchers estimate that, for most of human history, women most typically conceived their first ...

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 ...

FILE - In this Aug. 14, 2013, file photo, an in vitro fertilization embryologist works on a petri dish at a fertility clinic in London. Tens of thousands of people undergo in vitro fertilization every ...

Scientists might soon be able to create eggs and sperm from skin and blood cells. What will that mean? The way we make babies could be about to change. Maybe. An embryo forms when sperm meets egg. But ...

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An increasing number of people are opening up to the idea that humanity’s survival is tied to our ability to become a multi-planetary species. But for this to become a reality, countless technological ...