When someone says the word embryo, what do you think of? Probably that picture you’ve seen a thousand times on a thousand different news articles: a translucent orb swelling with cytoplasm being ...

Mild cramping and spotting after an embryo transfer are common and don't always mean positive or negative outcomes. Stress doesn't impact IVF success, so it's okay to feel anxious during this waiting ...

Life begins with a single fertilized cell that gradually transforms into a multicellular organism. This process requires ...

A Nevada father says that a fertility clinic mix-up is causing him to spend thousands to adopt his own teenage daughter after testing revealed they are not genetically related. A man and his daughter ...

On a special episode of The Excerpt podcast: The ethical and legal issues of IVF, or in vitro fertilization, are complicated. For many, IVF is more than a medical procedure; it's about the profound ...

The Alabama Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that embryos have personhood and are considered "children," and that if destroyed, there can be legal ramifications. This news threw the state—including its ...

Destructive Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research—The term “destructive human embryonic stem cell research” means any research that involves the disaggregation of any human embryo for the purpose of ...

LINCOLN-- Heather Maurer looks at her 19-month-old son Maximus and is filled with joy, knowing she would not be a mom today without modern science. "He is just perfect. We couldn't ask for anything ...

As more couples in India turn to assisted reproduction to build families, the country's leading fertility and embryology ...

(CNN) — When Kristia Rumbley, a mother of four living in the Birmingham area, first heard about the Alabama Supreme Court’s controversial ruling on frozen embryos, her first thought was of her own.