IVF

Building simulations based on real genetic data, researchers conclude Gattaca-like tactics to choose the traits of future offspring would yield little payoff.

Emails reveal that a facility in Dubai and others have asked geneticist He Jiankui for help in gene-editing embryos.

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

He Jiankui could face charges after an investigation finds he used techniques prohibited in China to edit the genes of twin girls.

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.

One lab finds that a similar method produces large genetic deletions when performed in mouse embryos.

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.

Women who ate more produce known to harbor pesticides were less likely to succeed with fertility treatment than women who ate fewer of these fruits and vegetables.

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.

Parliament voted to allow mitochondrial replacement therapy last year. This latest decision suggests we may see babies born from the technique in the country in 2017.

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

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.