AstraZeneca’s IMFINZI® (durvalumab) in combination with standard-of-care FLOT chemotherapy (fluorouracil, leucovorin, oxaliplatin, and docetaxel) has been approved in the US for the treatment of adult ...

Kenya has joined the world in observing World Conjoined Twins Day. The day, usually marked on 24 November of every year, is designated by the United Nations General Assembly to raise awareness about ...

Stephanie Nelson was married for four months. The fight over the embryos she and her ex-husband created lasted for years. Nelson was still married in 2020 when the fertility clinic called her at work ...

A set of conjoined twins are competing in a state cheerleading competition in Texas with their mom as their head coach, almost ten years after being surgically separated. Scarlett and Ximena Hernandez ...

Catholics on social media have been sounding the alarm on a chilling new trend: turning embryos into jewelry. Embryos — frozen children — who are no longer wanted by a family are literally killed to ...

In 2018, Chinese scientist He Jiankui shocked the world when he revealed that he had created the first gene-edited babies. Using Crispr, he tweaked the genes of three human embryos in an attempt to ...

During in vitro fertilisation (IVF), embryos undergo genetic testing before they are transferred to the uterus – but researchers have found that a widely used test cannot detect genetic abnormalities ...

Baby Thaddeus Pierce began as a embryo that was frozen for more than 30 years. He holds the record for developing from the longest-frozen embryo known to result in a live birth. His mom was 4 and his ...

Bovine embryos develop at a pace and pattern that closely mirrors human embryos. They also offer practical benefits. Embryos can be easily collected and studied in the lab, making them ideal for this ...

A small tissue fold in fly embryos, once thought purposeless, plays a vital role in stabilizing tissues. Researchers show that it absorbs stress during early development, and its position and timing ...

The international BioRescue consortium has entered new grounds in its mission to save the northern white rhinoceros (NWR, Ceratotherium simum cottoni) from extinction. Since the beginning of the year, ...

ST. LOUIS — Samantha was an embryo frozen in time for approximately a decade before a middle-aged single mother said yes to her birth. That mother was Dawn Jones-Goldstein, a 46-year-old Eureka woman ...