Surprisingly, this occurs right within our bodies. Human sperm cells have unique characteristics, with a peculiar blob-like head and an extraordinarily long tail. Despite their appearance ...

Fathers exposed to high stress in childhood had different epigenetic markers that may affect their offspring, though more ...

It’s a new way to create “bi-paternal” mice that can survive to adulthood—but human applications are still a long way off.

The UK's fertility watchdog, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA), has revealed that the technology for ...

HFEA held a meeting last week and announced that scientists are close to growing human eggs and sperm in a lab.

The fluids provide the sperm cells with nutrients ... giving insight to the human body and its capabilities. BBC Teach has thousands of free, curriculum-linked resources to help deliver lessons ...

In a potential breakthrough for infertility and genetic disease treatments, scientists at Kyoto University have succeeded in mass-generating precursors to sperm and eggs from human iPS cells. Two ...

In the intricate science of reproduction, the creation of offspring has long relied on the union of sperm and eggs, whether ...

This is the story of your creation. It began with a sperm, the smallest cell in the human body, fusing with the biggest cell… an egg. Every day, the human male produces hundreds of millions of ...

As first reported by The Guardian, the members of Britain’s Human Fertility and Embryology Authority board (HFEA) met on ...

Scientists are making strides toward growing human eggs and sperm in the lab. Groundbreaking technology, known as in vitro ...