The pair alleges that they arrived at a renowned fertility center for treatment and were told that their embryo was gone Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been ...

Many state legislatures are seriously considering human embryos at the earliest stages of development for legal personhood. Total abortion bans that consider humans to have full rights from the ...

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A mother in China who claimed that a missing girl looked uncannily like her test-tube daughter suspected her stored embryos might have been misused. On August 13, the mother surnamed Wang ...

The failure reportedly impacted the embryo freezing process, killing or damaging them. Couples hoping to become parents say the clinic needs to be held accountable. “Aspire knew of these issues ...

Left: Vicki Meyouhas was left with spare embryos after IVF. She faced a daunting choice: Who should she donate them to? Right: stock image. Left: Vicki Meyouhas was left with spare embryos after IVF.

The fertilized egg, or embryo, is then inserted for implantation into the uterus to achieve pregnancy. IVF is commonly used to improve the chances of getting pregnant when struggling with infertility.

Led by Ichiro Hiratani and colleagues, the experiments published August 28 in Nature show that DNA replication in early embryos is different from what past research has taught, and includes a ...

To maximize the chances of a viable pregnancy, IVF usually involves creating more embryos than a given couple is likely to use. But for couples who consider each embryo a human life, destroying ...

Monash IVF has agreed to a $56 million settlement following allegations it used inaccurate genetic testing and destroyed potentially viable embryos. More than 700 patients across Australia were ...