And just last week, that future became reality: a healthy baby was born in Lima, Peru, using eggs matured outside the body. Let's unpack why this isn't just a small milestone. Millions of women ...

"On Saturday, December 7th, a healthy baby girl was born in Lima, Peru ... Scientists hope to eventually create human egg and ...

A 34-year-old woman has given birth thanks to a new fertility procedure that involved collecting, maturing, and freezing some of her eggs five years earlier. Although lab-based maturation of eggs has ...

There is no doubt that a fertilised egg is a potential human being since, if the pregnancy runs its full course, it will be born as a human baby; the question is whether being a potential human ...

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A group of doctors and those born ... egg have launched an organization that connects such individuals with their donors to help exchange information. “Knowing one’s origin is a fundamental ...