China sent synthetic human embryos to its space station this month, the first experiment of its kind. The goal is to determine whether one of the earliest stages of human development can withstand ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists reveal potential hurdles for extraterrestrial human reproduction. Here, sunlight illuminates the lower right of planet ...

SpaceBorn United wants to conduct an IVF experiment in Earth’s orbit to pave the way for long-term space missions. Egbert Edelbroek was acting as a sperm donor when he first wondered whether it’s ...

As commercial spaceflight draws ever closer and time spent in space continues to extend, the question of reproductive health beyond the bounds of planet Earth is no longer theoretical but now ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A T-shaped space station floats above Earth. Researchers have successfully grown mouse embryos aboard the International Space ...

Companies are racing to accelerate and commercialize in-vitro gametogenesis, or IVG, which would make human eggs and sperm in the lab from any cell in the body containing anyone's DNA. One of the most ...

One of the most cutting-edge and controversial fields of biomedical research right now is the quest to create eggs and sperm in the lab for anyone with their own DNA. And now, private companies have ...