Three out of four U.S. adults support the use of emerging technologies that estimate a future child’s likelihood of developing health conditions influenced by multiple genes — such as diabetes, heart ...

Are you ready for the era of designer babies? Advances in gene sequencing have now made it possible for embryos to be screened for a host of genetic diseases and physical traits. Private companies are ...

Maybe she’s born with it, maybe it’s … genetic optimization? Prospective parents using in vitro fertilization (IVF) will soon be able to select embryos based on their potential risk for diseases — ...

LYON, France -- An older woman's chances of getting pregnant through in vitro fertilization could be reduced if embryos are screened for defects before being implanted into the womb, doctors said ...

A human embryo embeds itself into a fake uterus created by researchers. Screenshot from an Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia video Sixty percent of miscarriages are caused by the failure of an ...

Cara and Gibson Reynolds, whose newborn died last year from a genetic condition linked to dwarfism, pose on the porch of their home in Collingswood, N.J. Cara says she is outraged by opposition to ...

At first glance, it looks like the start of a human pregnancy: A ball-shaped embryo presses gently into the receptive lining ...

A new study shows that the embryo and the uterine lining conduct an active "conversation" from the very earliest stages of ...

A 3D uterus embryo implantation simulation chip developed by a Chinese research team has, for the first time, fully ...

The team placed blastocysts—embryos 5-6 days after fertilization that were donated following IVF procedures—onto the ...