Across the country, universities are using this and other alternative grading models that guarantee high marks based on some standard other than merit. Alternative grading schemes like these—often ...

Knoepfler is a professor of cell biology and human anatomy at UC Davis School of Medicine. Researchers are racing to engineer highly realistic human embryo models using stem cells in the lab. Some of ...

A Florida couple is suing a fertility clinic after giving birth to a baby who is not their biological child. Attorneys are expediting genetic testing on one specific couple to determine if they are ...

In the book "What We Inherit," experts unpack long-standing myths about genes and how those myths could shape public opinion around emerging embryo-selection technologies. When you purchase through ...

An unnamed woman has told attorneys she became pregnant through the same fertility clinic and gave birth the same month as a Central Florida couple who is suing the clinic after delivering a baby girl ...

A judge ordered weekly hearings in a case involving a Florida couple who alleges that an IVF clinic gave them the wrong embryos, which they learned upon the birth of a baby girl last year. Subscribe ...

An attorney for a Central Florida woman who was implanted with the wrong embryo and is now suing the fertility clinic told a judge Tuesday it’s “more likely than not” the mix-up happened in the clinic ...

A Florida couple gave birth to a baby who is not biologically related to them after an IVF mix-up. In vitro fertilization (IVF) is a medical procedure where an egg is fertilized by sperm in a lab and ...

Harvard reports — perhaps better to say it admits — that over 60 percent of its students received A’s. This has set off a new round of hand-wringing about grade inflation. The first round I remember ...

Genetic testing on embryos is more sophisticated and accessible than ever—and it’s now being sold as a way to let parents pick their future baby’s best traits. Many Americans agree that it’s ...

Scientists have gotten an unprecedented look at how the human embryo implants in a uterus. They did this by creating very primitive, womb-like environments in the lab. "This is really important work ...