A research team from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Hong Kong's LKS Faculty of Medicine (HKUMed) has developed the world's first artificial intelligence (AI) model ...

Having kids is a decision with a lot of gravity, literally. Scientists have found that sperm in space can’t find their direction during their pursuit to fertilize an egg. Such digressions could pose a ...

Welcome to Ethics Consult -- an opportunity to discuss, debate (respectfully), and learn together. We select an ethical dilemma from a true, but anonymized, patient care case. You vote on your ...

Well-documented reports spanning 25 years have yielded mounting evidence that sperm counts are tumbling in industrialized countries. (See my April 20, 2017 post Going, Going, Gone? Human Sperm Counts ...

What happens as research itself pushes ahead faster than the ethical frameworks meant to guide it? Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) recently reported a striking first: They ...

Early lab work shows reprogrammed skin cells can yield embryos, hinting at future infertility solutions but raising safety questions that demand more study. Infertility affects millions of people ...