The process shown is Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI), a fertility treatment in which a single sperm is carefully ...

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 ...

UCLA graduate student Jeffrey Riffell and UCLA biology professor Richard Zimmer report the first experimental test on the role of small-scale physics as it influences the interactions between sperm ...

This complex medical procedure can seem overwhelming, but when broken down into its five main steps, it becomes more understandable. IVF is a type of assisted reproductive technology that involves ...

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 ...

If you’ve been trying to conceive for some time but are still getting negative pregnancy tests, then IVF, or in vitro fertilization, may be an option for you. So what is IVF? In short, it’s a ...

Researchers have decoded a previously unknown molecular mechanism in the fertilization process of vertebrates. The team of scientists have identified a specific protein in frog egg extracts that the ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The possible loss of frozen eggs and embryos stored at University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center is potentially devastating for the affected patients. If their eggs and embryos are ...

Who hasn't seen it before: the view through the microscope in which a sperm penetrates an egg cell and fertilizes it. This fundamental step in procreation happens dynamically and seemingly without ...

In vitro Fertilisation (IVF) is often discussed almost entirely from a woman's perspective, but male fertility is also ...