When you seek the help of a fertility specialist to conceive, your first step is to undergo diagnostic tests to understand your likelihood of success. This is followed by a comprehensive consultation ...

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 ...

Sea urchin eggs, a common model for human fertility research, create a protein shield just minutes after fertilization. In Developmental Cell, Brown University biologists reveal their discovery of an ...

Many women freeze their eggs to increase their chances of having children later — but that's not always a possibility. (Photo: Getty; designed by Quinn Lemmers) Ahead, women whose frozen eggs didn't ...

An unexpected discovery about fertilization from the University of Virginia School of Medicine reveals new insights on how sperm and egg fuse and could have major implications for couples battling ...

Human bodies have to be built from a single egg cell that's fertilized by a sperm cell. Many rounds of cell division occur as the body is developing, and it seems that there are plenty of chances for ...

Many have suggested that I freeze my eggs because I recently turned 30 years old, and I’m unmarried and single. While I normally ignore unsolicited advice about my body and future, I have been more ...