“Reduced telomere length can be caused by embryonic cellular damage,” said study co-lead Dr. Yasmyn Winstanley. The ...

An NBC News analysis found hundreds of lawsuits over five years alleging that embryos were lost, destroyed or swapped by ...

A Virginia judge this week ruled that embryos aren’t property in a lawsuit between two ex-spouses over their two IVF-produced ...

Scientists have found a way to study early embryonic development without real embryos. Using CRISPR, they programmed stem cells to self-organize into structures mimicking early embryos. The cells show ...

Some lawamkers have introduced bills that would allow authorities to charge people who obtain abortions with homicide.

The judge dismissed Honeyhline Heidemann’s lawsuit against her ex-husband, and rejected a previous opinion that referenced a ...

Using CRISPR-based engineering methods to prompt stem cells to organize into embryo-like structures, scientists were able to create 'programmable' cellular models of embryos without ever experimenting ...

I n a tank across town, suspended in liquid nitrogen at -320°F, float my leftover embryos, whose future is unknown to me.

The earliest days after fertilization, once a sperm cell meets an egg, are shrouded in scientific mystery. The process of how ...