Contraception and family planning are vital aspects of sexual and reproductive health and rights. Despite major advances in ...

Sexual and reproductive health and rights are fundamental to both human and societal wellbeing and sustainable development, ...

Seven years after the first gene-edited babies were revealed, biotech startup Manhattan Genomics is reviving the idea of ...

A diverse group of leaders has just reinforced the global alert about the risks associated with the emergence of ASI systems.

When Banner Health announced in September that it would pause labor and delivery services at Platte County Hospital in ...

Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) have developed a remarkable new way for making human body cells ...

Instead of targeting neurons, the researchers specifically sought to repair a critical part of the brain that keeps disease-inducing toxins out. Reading time: Reading time 2 minutes Scientists on ...

Generations of bearded vultures return to the same nesting sites for centuries, offering archaeologists a glimpse into the past. Antoni Margalida Bearded vultures are unusual birds. Their diet ...

Since Madeline Lancaster first created brain organoids back in 2013, they have become widely used for brain research around the world. But what exactly are they? Are they effectively miniature brains ...

Scientists have created human eggs containing genes from adult skin cells, a step that someday could help women who are infertile or gay couples have babies with their own genes but would also raise ...

For the first time, scientists have created fertilizable human eggs from skin cells—an advance that the researchers say could pave the way for new infertility treatments, though the technology remains ...