Fertility

Women who carry the Neandertal receptor for progesterone tend to have fewer bleedings during early pregnancy, fewer miscarriages, and give birth to more children

A study shows that administering coenzyme Q10 reverses damage done to germinative cells by BPA, a contaminant found in many kinds of plastic

The protein, SKP1, drives a key transition step in male meiosis, the type of cell division process that results in sperm, researchers found

Researchers at the University of Dundee have developed an unrivaled, fully automated robotic screening system which allows them to rapidly test the effect of drugs and other chemicals on human sperm

Recent research may help our understanding of why patients with the inherited condition Kallmann syndrome cannot smell properly and cannot start puberty without hormone treatment

New discovery could transform outlook for men with fertility problems

The advanced formulas, which now include trehalose, are designed to vitrify and warm oocytes and embryos in a consistent, stable environment to achieve high survival and pregnancy rates

An international consortium of scientists and conservationists just completed a procedure that could enable assisted reproduction techniques to save this endangered species

Sperm samples stored for up to 15 years analyzed

Infertility is estimated to affect about eight percent of women of child-bearing age