Oregon scientists used human skin cells to create fertilizable eggs, a step in the quest to develop lab-grown eggs or sperm to one day help people conceive.

Egg yolks turned out to be a key ingredient for cultivating bird embryonic stem cells (ESCs) in the lab. Using a growing ...

A team of engineers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has announced the creation of an artificial neuron with ...

University of Warwick research demonstrates how to engineer "cell factories" that last longer and produce more chemicals, ...

More work needs to be done to create viable human embryos, but the method might someday be used in IVF to help infertile people and male couples.

An innovative use of skin cells could provide a route for gay couples or women with fertility problems to have children they ...

Scientists have developed functional eggs from ordinary human skin cells, a proof of concept that could open up new ways to ...