Despite significant biomedical advances in recent decades, the very earliest events of human development¬--those that occur during a critical window just after fertilization--have remained an ...

When couples experience infertility, medical science presents possible solutions for a potentially successful conception of a baby. Infertility issues can be addressed with Human Chorionic ...

Almost anyone with a high school education can correctly answer the question “When does human life begin?” by responding “at conception” or at “fertilization” of a human egg by a sperm cell. While we ...

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 ...

A stunning explosion of zinc fireworks occurs when a human egg is activated by a sperm enzyme, and the size of these 'sparks' is a direct measure of the quality of the egg and its ability to develop ...

A young Black couple sits on a couch smiling, as the man lays his hand on the pregnant belly of his partner If you’re thinking about pregnancy, you’ve probably come across the term implantation in ...

Right after conception, hundreds of tiny mutations begin to accumulate in cells of a developing fetus, a process that continues, but at a much slower rate, well into adulthood, a new study by ...

The “glass womb” is made from two glass slides, one with a scarcely visible depression containing a ripe ovum. The slides are sealed together and attached to a heater that maintains a constant ...

If you're thinking about pregnancy, you've probably come across the term implantation in your Googling. You may have heard folks mention implantation cramping or implantation bleeding, but maybe you ...