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Latest in fertility

Americans are having fewer babies than they used to, and the dwindling birth rate could have dire implications for the economy in the future.
Future Society

The American Birth Rate Just Fell to a 32-Year Low

By Kristin Houser

A Greek couple just gave birth to a three-parent baby, the first conceived as part of a clinical trial to treat infertility.
Health & Medicine

Infertile Couple Gives Birth to “Three-Parent Baby”

By Kristin Houser

Indian police just caught a man who was smuggling a live, human embryo into the country from Malaysia, where fertility treatments are more expensive.
Health & Medicine

A Smuggler Just Got Caught With a Live Human Embryo in His Luggage

By Dan Robitzski

Global fertility rates are declining, meaning we could be headed toward a society with more grandparents than grandchildren, according to a new report.
Future Society

Fertility Rates Are Now Falling in Half the World’s Countries

By Kristin Houser

Glimpse: On the Promise of a Future with Artificial Wombs, and Why It’s Being Stopped by the Present
Artificial Intelligence

Glimpse: On the Promise of a Future with Artificial Wombs, and Why It’s Being Stopped by the Present

By Luke Kingma

The FDA just approved Natural Cycles, a contraceptive app that helps women track their fertility throughout the month, as a medical device.
Health & Medicine

The FDA Has Approved a Contraceptive App. Now More Could Flood the Market.

By Kristin Houser

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Health & Medicine

Human Eggs Developed to Maturity in the Lab for the First Time

By Brad Jones

A Possible Culprit in the Infertility Crisis: Plastic
Health & Medicine

A Possible Culprit in the Infertility Crisis: Plastic

By Brad Jones

Meet Baby Emma. She Was Frozen as an Embryo for 24 Years.
Health & Medicine

Meet Baby Emma. She Was Frozen as an Embryo for 24 Years.

By Chelsea Gohd

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Genetics

Genetics 2.0: Scientists Have Officially Created a New Kind of Child

By Christianna Reedy

Pregnancy Without Men? New Research Lets Us Make Babies From Skin Cells
Prosthetics and Devices

Pregnancy Without Men? New Research Lets Us Make Babies From Skin Cells

By June Javelosa

A New Age in Pregnancy: 20 More “Three-Parent” Babies Are Coming in 2017
Health & Medicine

A New Age in Pregnancy: 20 More “Three-Parent” Babies Are Coming in 2017

By Patrick Caughill

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Science & Energy

Turning Back the Biological Clock: A Drug That Can Restore Fertility in Women?

By Jess Vilvestre

New Tech Can Track Women’s Health & Detect Disease Using ‘Smart Tampons’
Robots and Machines

New Tech Can Track Women’s Health & Detect Disease Using ‘Smart Tampons’

By Charmaine Caparas

New Device Can Instantly Turn Sperm-Flow On and Off
Medical

New Device Can Instantly Turn Sperm-Flow On and Off

By Sarah Marquart