A test deployed in many fertility clinics to assess the viability of embryos for use in IVF is likely to overestimate the number of embryos with abnormalities, suggests a study published today. Using ...

Analyzing genetic data from nearly 140,000 IVF embryos, researchers linked maternal DNA variants to increased risk of ...

The success of in vitro fertilization depends on many factors, one of which is sperm viability. A recent study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign documents a new way to select viable ...

One of the toughest parts of the popular fertility treatment may soon be a thing of the past. Every year, hundreds of thousands of women across the country undergo IVF, a physically and emotionally ...

According to research from a team at the University of Utah Health and the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine, ...

Women in same-sex relationships who choose to undergo fertility treatment using their partner’s egg may face a higher risk of complications for themselves and their baby, a first-of-its-kind study has ...

Human egg cells have the ability to "power down" their internal recycling plants to protect themselves from harmful DNA damage as they age. This is the conclusion of an international team of ...