Every human cell has millions of ribosomes that make proteins. For decades, biologists thought of ribosomes as tiny, uniform machines. But now a Stanford Medicine team is showing that ribosomes are ...

Assisted reproductive technologies (ART) have transformed infertility treatment from a medical intervention into a global ...

Nutrition and growth during the first years of life are critical to the development of children born prematurely. A new study ...

Think of a small fossil as the equivalent of a homemade video of prehistoric life. Fossils formed when sea organisms began ...

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

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

A study of 225 newborns suggests prenatal estrogen may have played a role in the evolution of larger human brains. Boys with ...

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

Over the past decade, the field of human embryo editing has witnessed remarkable advancements and triggered significant ...

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

Pioneering gene-editing treatments are already in clinical use, saving lives and easing the pain of devastating genetic diseases. However, the growing number of patients receiving these treatments ...