OHSU researchers may have a fertility breakthrough on their hands, though it's early in the process

Researchers have succeeded in making human skin cells behave like egg cells, though the resulting fertilized embryos run them ...

Scientists create human eggs in the lab, using skin cells

Scientists created the eggs using DNA from adult skin cells, a step that could someday potentially lead to new ways to treat ...
NPR

Scientists near a breakthrough that could revolutionize human reproduction

Researchers are inching closer to mass-producing eggs and sperm in the lab from ordinary human cells. The technique could provide new ways to treat infertility but also open a Pandora's box. We are ...
STAT

Push to create functional human eggs in the lab stumbles, pioneering fertility researcher reports

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 ...
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Scientists created human eggs in a lab dish. But were they fit for reproduction?

In the quest to create better options for couples facing infertility, scientists have been racing to create eggs and sperm in a laboratory dish. A study published Tuesday in Nature Communications from ...
Smithsonian Magazine

See the First 3D Images of a Human Embryo Implanting, Shedding Light on the Crucial but Little-Known Process

A human embryo embeds itself into a fake uterus created by researchers. Screenshot from an Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia video Sixty percent of miscarriages are caused by the failure of an ...
Nature

Watch a human embryo implant itself — with brute force

A time-lapse film offers a glimpse of a hidden milestone of human development: the moment when the newly formed embryo latches onto the uterine lining. Researchers have captured real-time footage of ...