For the first time, researchers have used a genome editing technique called base editing to identify a master gene that is essential for human embryo development. Marking the first application of base ...

Two separate research teams used base editing to make single-nucleotide changes in human embryos this month, targeting genes tied to cholesterol regulation, blood disorders, and early development. One ...

About 9% of men of reproductive age in the United States experience fertility problems. One of the many causes of male ...

New research shows it’s possible to edit the DNA of human embryos with more precision. But scientists warn it’s still not safe.

Human eggs that contain too many or too few chromosomes can lead to miscarriage, IVF failure and conditions such as Down’s syndrome. Now, researchers have found ...

Explore how air pollution affects male fertility through sperm DNA changes, focusing on the GNAS gene and practical exposure ...

Researchers claim that deficiencies in vitamins and minerals can have an impact on the quality of eggs, sperm health, ...

IVF’s production of excess embryos is a problem in states that ban abortion as a means of protecting “unborn children.” ...

Embryonic stem cells (ESCs) are stem cells derived from the undifferentiated inner mass cells of a human embryo. Embryonic stem cells are pluripotent, meaning they are able to grow (i.e. differentiate ...

If you’re “actively trying to have babies,” one expert told me, “both the man and the woman should be abstaining” from ...

It belatedly emerged that a 6-year-old girl in China who had a rare genetic disease died a week after receiving the world's first brain gene-editing treatment. The researchers released animal test ...

A six-year-old girl's death in China highlights the urgent need for regulation in gene-editing trials amid ethical concerns.