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

Over a few million years, the spider Dysdera tilosensis—a species endemic to the Canary Islands—has reduced the size of its ...

A new study finds that men with an extra Y chromosome may face a higher autism risk, revealing how sex chromosomes influence ...

Experts said the finding could one day “transform” the understanding of infertility and miscarriage, and even pave the way ...

Human eggs made from a volunteer’s skin DNA were fertilized in a lab in September, and some grew for nearly a week, though many failed.

The technique, still in its early stages, could eventually help people facing age, illness, or same-sex infertility become ...

Researchers develop experimental method to convert skin cells into eggs, potentially allowing older women and same-sex ...

The most common chromosomal abnormality – carried by about 1 in 800 people – is a “Robertsonian translocation,” when two ...

Women live longer than men - except when males don't play the field, suggests a new study. Females tend to have greater ...

First, they obtained egg cells from volunteers and removed their nuclei. They then harvested skin cells from other volunteers ...

Scientists said Tuesday they have turned human skin cells into eggs and fertilised them with sperm in the lab for the first time -- a breakthrough that is hoped to one day let infertile people have ...

Experts from Oregon Health & Science University have created fertilizable eggs from human skin cells for the very first time.