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Without men, women and sex: Scientists one step away from making human babies from a single cell

Soon, men and women won’t need each other to have babies. After creating human sperm from somatic cells like skin and blood and other non-germ cells, scientists are now just a step away from making human eggs in the lab

China to consider giving single women IVF access to mitigate drop in population

The new rules would allow unmarried women to take paid maternity leave and receive child subsidies previously only available to married couples

Conceived By Robots: Scientists can now help make babies using a surgical robot and a PS5 controller

Scientists at a Spanish medical startup are now helping women who can't conceive, get pregnant using surgical robots, a specially coded programme and a PS5 controller.

With China’s birth rate taking a nosedive, top political advisor proposes egg freezing for single women

The political advisor’s recommendations come amid Chinese authorities trying to bolster a sharply declining birth rate with incentives including expanding maternity leave, financial and tax benefits for having children as well as housing subsidies

Humanity’s future in danger: Experts say why physical intimacy has become less fruitful

Recent studies have found that over the last 50 years, human sperm counts appear to have fallen by more than 50 per cent around the globe

Care before carrying: The significant role of Preimplantation Genetic Testing during IVF

PGT-A is an advanced technique for detecting chromosomal defects in IVF embryos

Stigma surrounding IVF and the reality behind it

Infertility continues to be stigmatised and women continue to be discriminated against, putting them under enormous emotional strain

Gujarat HC allows collection of critical COVID-19 patient’s sample to facilitate IVF for wife

The court also issued notices to the state government and the hospital's director, and sought their response on 23 July.

'Good day for our country': France adopts bill legalising IVF access for lesbian couples, single women

Under current French law, only heterosexual couples have the right to access medically assisted procreation methods such as in vitro fertilisation (IVF).

Scientists discover new way to isolate high-quality quality sperm to help improve IVF success rate

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