An NBC News analysis found hundreds of lawsuits over five years alleging that embryos were lost, destroyed or swapped by fertility clinics or companies. Krystena Murray realized something had gone ...

After struggling for eight years to have a baby, Shannon Petersen and her husband decided to try in vitro fertilization (IVF) in 2022. Their fertility doctor recommended a test that sounded like ...

A new trial suggests that genetic testing of IVF embryos could significantly accelerate conception for women over 35, potentially easing the emotional strain of fertility treatment. Researchers ...

Life begins with a single fertilized cell that gradually transforms into a multicellular organism. This process requires ...

Krystena Murray lost custody five months after delivery, despite wanting to keep the child, according to the lawsuit. This is not the first time a fertility clinic has been accused of a "child swap" ...

Australia-based scientists said Thursday they had produced the world's first kangaroo embryo through in vitro fertilization and hailed it as a key step towards saving endangered marsupials. The ...

It's a major scientific leap — or at least a hop. Researchers in Australia said Thursday that they have for the first time successfully produced the first kangaroo embryos through in-vitro ...

New research shows cannabis can speed up egg maturation but at the cost of egg quality, increasing the risk of abnormal embryos. Fertility experts say even occasional use may compromise IVF success ...

A new tool allows parents undergoing in vitro fertilization to screen their embryos for health issues, but is it ethical? Genetic disease is believed to be linked to 41 percent of U.S. infants' deaths ...

ABC News spent more than a year following four families on their IVF journey. Over 40 years ago, the world's first "test tube baby" was born. Louise Joy Brown's conception via in vitro fertilization ...