Scientists from a collaboration of Australian research institutions have proposed that editing multiple genetic variants in human embryos could significantly lower the likelihood of developing ...

Once dismissed as the 'dark side' of the genome, researchers have now revealed their crucial role in early embryo development. Over half of our genomes consists of thousands of remnants of ancient ...

It’s not always easy to choose whether to store, donate or discard extra IVF embryos. This article first appeared in The Checkup, MIT Technology Review’s weekly biotech newsletter.

Frozen embryos are filling storage banks around the world. It's a struggle to know what to do with them. Lisa Holligan already had two children when she decided to try for another baby.

“However, we’ve been freezing embryos for a long time. We’ve had pregnancies from embryos that were frozen for more than 10 years,” Hosseinzadeh reports. “We assume that eggs would behave similarly if ...