Reproduction

Each year in the UK over a thousand children are conceived using donor tissue. Many parents find it hard to tell their children that they were donor...

The placenta is the interface between the mother and her baby, which means it is not only key to a successful pregnancy, it determines the future...

The first comprehensive study of egg-sharing between women undergoing fertility treatment reveals striking empathy on the part of donors and...

In the first report of our Egg Cetera series on egg-related research, biologists Dr Harry Leitch and Professor Azim Surani describe how advances in...

In this video, we see a mouse embryo developing. Dr Erica Watson tells us that studying this process helps us better understand human pregnancy.

A study of infant growth, tracking 2,400 babies from gestation to the age of two, has provided data of unique depth – and is already adding to our...

The history of human reproduction – via its communication through the ages – is examined in a ground-breaking exhibition opening this week at...

Research provides new insight into why poor diet during pregnancy negatively affects offspring’s long term health.