When you seek the help of a fertility specialist to conceive, your first step is to undergo diagnostic tests to understand your likelihood of success. This is followed by a comprehensive consultation ...

At some point in our evolution, we lost the ability to activate a reproductive mechanism called embryonic diapause, which slows development, usually during the blastocyst stage. And so, unlike mammals ...

Globally, approximately 186 million infertility patients rely on assisted reproductive technology (ART), yet the success rate per in vitro fertilization (IVF) cycle remains below 50%. This limitation ...

BEIJING, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- After years of dedicated research, a team of Chinese scientists has unveiled critical mechanisms governing early human embryonic development, offering novel theories and ...

In-vitro fertilization is one of the most common infertility treatments, but less than 50 years ago, researchers and the women among them were still working to create and develop the procedure that ...

The story sounds almost unreal at first glance: an infertile couple, after years of failed treatments, finally holding their ...

The research team discovered that glassware used to manipulate and culture fertilized eggs in the fields of assisted reproductive technology (ART), livestock farming, and basic research contains toxic ...

For optimistic parents, the embryo transfer during IVF is a moment of joy and apprehension. But when implantation doesn’t occur, one is left not only with medical questions, but with a deep and aching ...

Facing repeated IVF failures? Experts explain the key medical, genetic and lifestyle reasons why IVF may not work, along with ...

The American Society for Reproductive Medicine, one of the largest fertility organizations in the United States, offers non-legally enforceable recommended guidelines encouraging fertility clinics to ...