In vitro fertilization is a process where scientists join a sperm and and egg outside of the female’s body in a controlled environment to fertilize the egg and create an embryo, which is then inserted ...

Recently, Emma Lavaut and her colleagues from Sorbonne University and Universidad Austral de Chile found that a species of red seaweed, Gracilaria gracilis, uses the isopod crustacean Idotea balthica ...

Oocyte retrieval is a cornerstone of in vitro fertilization (IVF), encompassing a sequence of steps from ovarian stimulation through to follicular aspiration. Controlled ovarian hyperstimulation (COH) ...

Ascidian fertilization has long served as a tractable model for understanding fundamental mechanisms of gamete recognition, binding and fusion in chordates. Spermatozoa released into seawater are ...