When the female gametes in plants become fertilized, a signal from the sperm activates cell division, leading to the formation of new plant seeds. This activation can also be deliberately triggered ...

Scientists are developing a new way to help infertile women have babies. A mature cell from the woman's body is merged with a chromosome-free egg, to which sperm is later added. The scientists insist ...

Using a newly developed method researchers at the Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (IMBA) have been able to shed light on the complexity of genome ...

The team placed blastocysts—embryos 5-6 days after fertilization that were donated following IVF procedures—onto the ...