Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's a commonly held belief: Sperm cells are like runners in an epic race, competing against each other for access to the coveted ...

IVI Institute, the global leader in fertility care, today announced that The World Egg and Sperm Bank (TWESB), a trusted ...

"Swipe right. Swipe left." On an evolutionary level, the finger flick of choice in the human mating game is often influenced by subconscious input from our most primal instincts. In females, for ...

Leading doctors answer common questions about infertility, from early warning signs and lifestyle habits to medical ...

Starting a family is a deeply personal and exciting decision, but for many queer couples, it can also feel overwhelming. Traditional narratives around conception often leave little room for LGBTQ+ ...

Scientists have been promising a breakthrough in fertility tech and the United Kingdom’s fertility watchdog group gathered last week to make sure it was prepared. When it comes, in-vitro gametes (IVG) ...

Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has announced scientists are close to pulling off the seemingly impossible: Growing human eggs and sperm in the lab. This could potentially ...

Within minutes of fertilization, the egg of a fruit fly becomes a scene from the battle of the sexes. The egg attacks and destroys the cellular "power plants" (mitochondria) from the sperm that had ...

Some men produce too many sperms. That little-mentioned fact was the focus of my previous blog post. (See Why Too Many Sperms Spoil the Egg, posted on August 11, 2017.) With too many sperms, an ...