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.

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 treat infertility.

Pioneering embryologist Shoukhrat Mitalipov reported that his team has encountered hurdles in creating functional human eggs ...

A new study published in 'Cellular Signaling' has named a protein which may regulate the transition between “young” and “old” cell states.

To explore possible treatments for various diseases, either animal models or human cell cultures are usually used first; ...

A new tool greatly improves scientists' ability to identify and study proteins that regulate gene activity in cells, ...