IVF is one of several techniques that exist to help people conceive when they have problems with fertility. Having a baby is not always easy and you can feel desperate if you don't conceive quite as ...

Fertilisation might sound like a science class topic. But even if you haven’t thought much about it, a lot is happening inside your body long before a pregnancy test could show any result. Your eggs ...

During IVF, an egg may look mature but still not be ready for fertilisation. Learn what cytoplasmic maturity is, why it ...

Researchers have revealed how specialised protein-disposal machinery is organised inside human sperm, offering new insights ...

Sperm unexpectedly inject RNA into the eggs they fertilise, possibly kickstarting crucial development of the embryo, suggests a study of human sperm. The discovery overthrows conventional assumptions ...

Researchers have identified a novel mechanism through which a protein in barley supports female fertility and could help safeguard yield security in the future. A new scientific paper from Teagasc has ...

An ETH Zurich research team has visualised the fertilisation dynamics of human egg cell for the first time using simulations on high-performance computers. The simulations show how a protein on the ...

A research team from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Hong Kong's LKS Faculty of Medicine (HKUMed) has developed the world's first artificial intelligence (AI) model ...