Knowable Magazine reports on super-resolution microscopy breakthroughs, revealing intricate cellular details, enhancing ...

Scientists in Japan are leaders in the development of new technology that could make sperm and eggs from practically any cell in the body. The results could transform human reproduction.

A research team from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Hong Kong's LKS Faculty of Medicine ...

More than one-sixth of adults around the world experience infertility in their lifetime. There is a high unmet need not only ...

Using a tiny, spherical glass lens sandwiched between two brass plates, the 17th century Dutch microscopist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek was the first to officially describe red blood cells and sperm cells ...

Scientists already know how to turn adult cells into stem cells, and—in mice—how to coax those into eggs and sperm. The race is now on to do the same with human cells.

When a semen sample is placed on a specially designed chip under a microscope, the STAR system – which stands for Sperm Tracking and Recovery – connects to the microscope through a high-speed ...

R esearchers at Newcastle University in England report they have coaxed the first human sperm cells from embryonic stem cells, in a remarkable demonstration of how quickly the field of stem-cell ...

These Super-Resolution Microscopes Are Revealing the Inner Lives of Cells Advanced light microscopy techniques are giving scientists a new understanding of human biology and what goes wrong in ...