Approximately one in 5,000 children is born with mitochondrial mutations each year. Defective mitochondria "leave the body ...

Researchers report that eight healthy babies were born with the help of a technique that uses DNA from three people to help ...

In a cavernous, unmanned factory on the grasslands of Inner Mongolia, the world's fastest milk packaging machine seals 4.4 boxes of ...

Human egg cells wait in the ovaries from before birth until they are finally called upon, sometimes 40 years later, to kick ...

Here's everything to know about the shelf-life of eggs and best storage practices.

Researchers from Japan and France have successfully reconstituted the development of mouse egg cells, known as oocytes, from ...

Contrary to long-standing assumptions, human egg cells stay pristine for decades not by ramping up waste disposal, but by ...

Human eggs stay dormant for decades by slowing down their waste disposal systems, according to new research involving over ...

Human eggs are some of the most patient cells in the body, lying dormant for decades until needed. A study published today in The EMBO Journal shows that the cells deliberately slow the activity of ...

This year’s challenge pushed participants to explore new and novel uses for egg yolk in food product development, moving ...