Researchers have identified the exact DNA sequence where human chromosomes fuse to form Robertsonian chromosomes, a ...

How did humans evolve brains capable of complex language, civilization, and more? The answer could lie in exceptional DNA. Scientists at UC San Francisco have found that parts of our chromosomes have ...

The process, which would carry significant safety concerns, involves removing the nucleus from a woman's skin cell and inserting it into an egg, or oocyte.

The Atlas blue butterfly, with a record-breaking 229 pairs of chromosomes, is helping scientists unravel mysteries of ...

In a proof-of-concept experiment, scientists demonstrated that you can create and fertilize human eggs in the lab using sperm ...

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

The embryos weren’t used to try to establish a pregnancy, but the researchers behind the technique say it could one day be ...

Oregon scientists used human skin cells to create fertilizable eggs, a step in the quest to develop lab-grown eggs or sperm ...

An innovative use of skin cells could provide a route for same-sex couples or women with fertility problems to have children ...

Scientists have created egg-like cells capable of fertilization ... technique to remove excess chromosomes, a team led by ...