Megan Molteni reports on discoveries from the frontiers of genomic medicine, neuroscience, and reproductive tech. She joined STAT in 2021 after covering health and science at WIRED. You can reach ...

Scientists have created human eggs containing genes from adult skin cells, a step that someday could help women who are infertile or gay couples have babies with their own genes but would also raise ...

(Paris, France, Monday, 30 June 2025) A new international study presented today at the 41 st Annual Meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) reveals that IVF cycles ...

Every schoolchild learns that vitamin D is essential for proper bone development. Deficiency leads to rickets, a classical childhood affliction with soft, deformed bones resulting in bowed legs. The ...

A pioneering study, presented today at the ESHRE 40 th Annual Meeting in Amsterdam, has revealed that exposure to fine particulate matter (PM) prior to the retrieval of oocytes (eggs) during in vitro ...

A new study shows that microplastics have been discovered within human reproductive cells. The Cool Down reports that the study, carried out in Italy, found microplastics in 14 of the 18 samples ...

Off a quiet hallway on the top floor of a building at the University of Osaka in Japan, Katsuhiko Hayashi is hatching a revolution. Human embryo science: can the world’s regulators keep pace? He is on ...

Scientists are making inroads in understanding one of the central mysteries of human reproduction: Why do women’s eggs ...

In 2018, Chinese scientist He Jiankui shocked the world when he revealed that he had created the first gene-edited babies. Using Crispr, he tweaked the genes of three human embryos in an attempt to ...

In recent years, Singapore has invested heavily in developing its biomedical industry. Of particular interest for policymakers are new assisted reproductive technology (ART) platforms and the related ...