Upon fertilization, two highly specialized meiotic germ cells, the sperm and egg, need to be transformed into a totipotent mitotic embryo. Sperm bind to the zona pellucida of the egg by an unknown ...

Although most insurance companies in the United States do not cover in vitro fertilization, a few states mandate such coverage. Of the states in which in vitro fertilization services were available, 3 ...

Meet the startups trying to engineer a desktop fertility machine. Last spring, engineers in Barcelona packed up the sperm-injecting robot they’d designed and sent it by DHL to New York City. They ...

In vitro fertilization has been a treatment option for nearly 50 years. A decision by the Alabama Supreme Court that classifies frozen embryos as people has caused widespread concerns over the future ...

WASHINGTON — After a failed vote last week that would have ensured nationwide access to contraception, Democrats on Thursday are expected to force a vote to enshrine protections for in vitro ...

Senate Republicans voted Thursday to block a bill put forward by Democrats that would guarantee access to in vitro fertilization nationwide. The legislation failed to advance in a procedural vote by a ...

Southern Baptists pass resolution calling for strictures to curb IVF INDIANAPOLIS (RNS) — At their annual meeting, Southern Baptists joined the recently renewed debate over in vitro fertilization, ...

Some hope fertilizing tiny, floating plants in the ocean, prompting them to suck carbon dioxide out of the air, could help solve global warming. A new experiment confirms this controversial idea has ...

Iowa Republicans passed a personhood bill in the state House on Thursday night that would make it a felony to “cause the death” of an “unborn person,” putting the conservative Midwestern state ...