For me, images released recently by Northwestern University scientists of tiny light flashes signaling the moment of human conception are evocative of a larger, cosmic-sized truth espoused by both ...

In a proof-of-concept experiment, scientists demonstrated that you can create and fertilize human eggs in the lab using sperm ...

The majority of fertilized eggs die and are resorbed into the body. ZEISS Microscopy/Flickr, CC BY-SA As an evolutionary biologist whose career has focused on how embryos develop in a wide variety of ...

Many state legislatures are seriously considering human embryos at the earliest stages of development for legal personhood. Total abortion bans that consider humans to have full rights from the moment ...

Voters in the presidential election have many issues to consider, but yet only two candidates to evaluate where they stand. Some issues intertwine while others stand alone. The major issues in most ...

Last week, the Department of Health and Human Services released a draft of its latest strategic plan, which will guide the agency from 2018 to 2022. Near the top of the document, the agency presents ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The study of the human body is undergoing a major change at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo. The concerted effort to transform the ...

The response to the coronavirus outbreak has rightly been about protecting human life. As a nation, we have taken extraordinary steps to protect public health and save lives. However, there is a huge ...