Many couples trying to conceive find themselves asking the same question month after month: “Did we time it right?” Even after carefully tracking ovulation, confusion often persists about when ...

During IVF, an egg may look mature but still not be ready for fertilisation. Learn what cytoplasmic maturity is, why it ...

Sperm unexpectedly inject RNA into the eggs they fertilise, possibly kickstarting crucial development of the embryo, suggests a study of human sperm. The discovery overthrows conventional assumptions ...

Researchers have revealed how specialised protein-disposal machinery is organised inside human sperm, offering new insights ...

An ETH Zurich research team has visualised the fertilisation dynamics of human egg cell for the first time using simulations on high-performance computers. The simulations show how a protein on the ...

Researchers have identified a novel mechanism through which a protein in barley supports female fertility and could help safeguard yield security in the future. A new scientific paper from Teagasc has ...

In vitro fertilisation (IVF) is a process by which an egg is fertilised by sperm outside the body: in vitro. IVF is a major treatment for infertility when other methods of assisted reproductive ...

A research team from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Hong Kong's LKS Faculty of Medicine (HKUMed) has developed the world's first artificial intelligence (AI) model ...