Metabolism, far from being just a housekeeping function, underlies all changes in cell size and function ...

Mounting evidence from research on nematodes to mice indicate that a father's environment, such as what he eats or if he is ...

He Jiankui spent three years in prison after creating gene-edited babies. Now back at work, he sees a greater opening for ...

It has also become a big driver in the number of older single mothers in the U.S. at a time when the country's overall birth ...

We’re far from realizing the kind of nanomachines envisioned in media like “The Diamond Age” and Metal Gear Solid, but scientists have just taken a meaningful step towards the next best thing. A team ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Researchers have created human embryos by taking nuclei from ordinary skin cells, placing them into donated eggs, and fertilizing them with sperm. The work is a laboratory ...

HINXTON, England — At first glance, the news sounds reassuring: sperm cells accumulate genetic mutations eight times slower than blood cells, making them among the most protected cells in the male ...

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A technician inspects through a microscope a semen sample at a human sperm bank inside a hospital in Hefei, Anhui province, China February 21, 2019. Picture taken February 21, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer ...

While men may be able to have children much later than women, doing so could come with an increased risk of inherited disease for their children. Researchers from the Wellcome Sanger Institute have ...

Harmful genetic changes in sperm become substantially more common as men age because some are actively favored during sperm production, new research has revealed. In a landmark study published today ...