Scientists have detected microplastics in human semen and follicular fluid, the liquid that surrounds an egg in an ovarian follicle. "This is not an isolated finding –– it appears to be quite common," ...

Pioneering embryologist Shoukhrat Mitalipov reported that his team has encountered hurdles in creating functional human eggs ...

Scientists are working to create human eggs in a laboratory dish, but the process is proving to be more challenging than ...

Each year, approximately 110,000 new cases of gynecologic cancers are diagnosed in the United States. In recognition of the ...

Unlike the more mainstream phrase “reproductive rights,” reproductive justice goes beyond abortion access. The social justice and human rights movement embracing health care access for all has grown ...

Recently, scientists have reviewed the existing literature to understand how space travel, space radiation, and microgravity affect human reproductive functions. This review was published in Npj ...

A reproductive medicine professor described the work as an “exciting proof of concept” that may change approaches to ...

Microplastics are everywhere - in the air you breathe, the water you drink, food you eat. It has even entered the living tissue. Scientists have discovered microplastics in human reproductive fluids.

Scientists have developed functional eggs from ordinary human skin cells, a proof of concept that could open up new ways to ...

In his remarks on the State Department’s 2020 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken noted the lack of a section on reproductive health; he promised that the ...