Funding infertility treatment is not just a benefit for the family, but also for society. more

A new egg-freezing technique could give women a better chance of having a baby when they are older, say scientists. more

He was a millionaire who dreamed of saving humanity using the sperm of geniuses. But what became of Robert Klark Graham’s master plan? more

The Chinese want boys, and the Canadians want girls. If they have enough money, they come to the United States to choose the sex of their babies. more

Recruiting women to donate eggs for stem cell research brings scientists into new ethical territory where the standards are still being worked out, ethicists say. more

He was healthy, and he said his parents and grandparents were, too.But he passed a serious gene defect to five of those children, a blood disease that leaves them at risk for leukemia and in need of daily shots of … Continue reading →

Selecting one quality embryo is as likely to result in a successful IVF pregnancy in older women as in their younger peers, research suggests. more

Ian Mucklejohn made history when he became the first single man in the UK to have his own children without a female partner. But he knew one day they would have to meet their mother. more

At its open meeting held on 10 May in Belfast, the UK’s Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) announced that it will ‘prepare a proper consultation programme’ on oocyte (egg) donation so that it could assess the whole range of … Continue reading →

A private IVF clinic is breaching its licence by storing a couple’s fertilised embryos past the time they should have been destroyed. more