In less than a decade, the need for sex to produce a baby might be eliminated, opening up the possibility for same-sex couples to have offspring. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority board ...

Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have accomplished a unique proof of concept to treat infertility by turning skin cells into eggs capable of producing early human embryos. The ...

Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have accomplished a unique proof of concept to treat infertility by turning skin cells into eggs capable of producing early human embryos. The ...

Researchers at OHSU have demonstrated a new technique to treat infertility by turning skin cells into oocytes, or eggs. Shown here, an image of an oocyte with a bright image of a skin cell nucleus ...

Scientists are also exploring a more radical future technology known as in vitro gametogenesis (IVG), which could allow eggs or sperm to be created from ordinary body cells such as skin samples ...

Scientists are just a few years from creating viable human sex cells in the lab, according to an internationally renowned pioneer of the field, who says the advance could open up biology-defying ...