The couple have said they still plan to have a baby together — but what will custody look like? Legal expert Amber Candelaria ...

Ancient genes from single-celled organisms have been used to reprogram mouse cells and influence embryonic development, ...

Base editing, the process used to make the changes, only nicks one strand of DNA, avoiding the major DNA errors that made ...

Bunnie Xo opened up on her Dumb Blonde podcast about four lost embryos, three failed IVF transfers, and why she and Jelly ...

By tracking neural crest cells in catshark embryos, researchers discovered that the molecular toolkit behind face-building is ...

A preprint describing genetically edited human embryos is raising concerns among scientists that the U.S. is becoming more accepting of using gene editing to enhance embryos. “The cat’s out of the bag ...

A DNA-editing feat involving editing the genes of early stage embryos—a far cry from designer babies, but nevertheless a step in that direction—was announced this week. Dieter Egli, an associate ...

Researchers relied on a newer gene-editing technique that may make it possible to engineer embryos, a prospect that has long alarmed bioethicists. By Carl Zimmer Scientists at Columbia University have ...

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A clutch of artificial human embryos on China’s Tiangong space station could help researchers better understand whether human pregnancies in space are possible and safe. The Chinese Academy of ...

Humanity’s looming ambition to colonize the Moon and Mars faces one major obstacle: our ability to reproduce beyond Earth. While we’re nowhere near making space babies just yet, now may be the time to ...

Monozygotic twinning occurs when a single fertilised egg divides to form two genetically identical embryos. In spontaneous conception, the incidence is approximately 0.3–0.5%, but assisted ...