in vitro fertilization (IVF)

A cancer patient who underwent the new fertility preservation procedure successfully gave birth five years after her immature eggs were collected.

A company announces the first pregnancy in a study of whether donor mitochondria can boost IVF’s odds of success.

The girl was born in Brazil in December 2017.

He Jiankui, who reportedly edited the genomes of two babies already, broke the news at a conference in Hong Kong.

Researchers froze the fertilized eggs, taken from southern white rhinos, in hopes of preserving the near-extinct northern subspecies.

The use of pronuclear transfer to treat infertility must first be backed by evidence it can work in cases where parents seek to avoid mitochondrial mutations.

Only two members of the subspecies are now left alive.

Scientists correct a mutation in fertilized eggs that causes a severe cardiac disease.

Scientists plan to use in vitro fertilization to preserve a species with only three remaining members in the wild.

John Robertson was known for his contributions to reproductive medicine ethics and for solidifying the scholarly connection between biomedicine and law.

The team that oversaw the first use of mitochondrial replacement therapy that resulted in a live birth has published an account of the procedure.

The country’s fertility regulator has approved the first application to carry out mitochondrial replacement therapy, which uses biological material from two women and one man to create an embryo.

Andrzej Tarkowski’s research laid the groundwork for future advances in cloning, stem cell research, and in vitro fertilization.

Differences in the replicative advantages conferred by some mitochondrial DNA haplotypes have implications for mitochondrial replacement therapy, researchers report. 

Scientists in Mexico achieved the infant’s conception using mitochondrial replacement therapy. 

Legal expert Henry Greely envisions a world in which advances in biotechnology obviate the need for sexual reproduction as we know it.

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Alterations in epigenetic markers on the X chromosome may be why males outnumber females among murine offspring bred through in vitro fertilization.