Scientists might soon be able to create eggs and sperm from skin and blood cells. What will that mean? The way we make babies could be about to change. Maybe. An embryo forms when sperm meets egg. But ...

In the last 50 years, average human sperm concentrations dropped by 51.6 percent, and total sperm counts dropped by 62.3 percent, according to a study published last week in the journal Human ...

The positions in the table below reflect the Scientific Сentre for Family Health and Human Reproduction Problems's position overall, domestically, within their sector, and in various subject areas ...

Scientists have identified the biochemical signals that control the emergence of the body pattern in the primate embryo. This will guide work to understand birth defects and pregnancy loss in humans.

A study based on a review of genetic and health information from more than 276,000 people finds strong support for a decades-old evolutionary theory that sought to explain aging and senescence. A ...

Bonginkosi Shozi receives funding from the National Research Foundation, and the University of KwaZulu-Natal's African Health Research Flagship.. A number of technological advances have revolutionised ...