When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Scientists have used an experimental approach to form human eggs in the lab that can then be ...

This image shows a human egg after its original DNA has been replaced with DNA from an adult skin cell. (Mitalipov laboratory) Scientists have created human eggs containing genes from adult skin cells ...

Creating human eggs from adult cells just got one step closer to reality. A technique used in cloning combined with fertilization and a bit of chemical coaxing caused human skin cells to produce eggs ...

Regarding the conception of human children: What if mothers could be removed from the equation? It’s a thought experiment that points to an idea so preposterous and unnatural that it seems almost ...

Scientists have created human eggs containing genes from adult skin cells, a step that someday could help women who are infertile or gay couples have babies with their own genes but would also raise ...