Male and female reproductive systems allow human reproduction. Fertilisation occurs when a sperm and egg join to form an embryo. An embryo develops into an unborn baby in the uterus during pregnancy.

This innovative blended learning programme will provide you with a comprehensive understanding and set of skills relevant to the exciting and important field of human reproduction and development.

Endometriosis is a condition that only affects women and is persistent and frequently painful. The length of the path to diagnosis and treatment may be shortened, according to a recent study. In a ...

Genetic knowledge has played a direct role in pregnancy for more than 50 years, since the first use of amniocentesis to extract amniotic fluid containing fetal cells and DNA for analysis. Noninvasive ...

The Oregon achievement has already prompted calls for new laws to prevent human reproductive cloning, for ethical reasons. “If we're going to be having cloned embryos in laboratories around the ...

Wild animals that have acquired adaptations to maximize their reproductive output in some of the world's most extreme ...

This could help to improve fertility treatments and assist reproductive technologies. “The guinea pig serves as an alternative model to study human preimplantation development,” by Jesica ...