Gametes are an organism's reproductive cells. They are also referred to as sex cells. Female gametes are called ova or egg cells, and male gametes are called sperm. Gametes are haploid cells ...

Hong Kong authorities have proposed scrapping a law that limits the storage duration for frozen eggs, sperm, and embryos to ...

Council on Human Reproductive Technology suggests amending 10-year storage cap for residents, regardless of their age, sex or ...

Having more than 120 million gametes is associated with up to three more years of life. Once again, a Danish study points to ...

A planning committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will convene a public workshop exploring scientific, ethical, and regulatory implications associated with the ...

The Council on Human Reproductive Technology launches a consultation on lifting legal restrictions on the storage period of ...

The government launched on Thursday a consultation on lifting the storage period limitation for frozen eggs, sperm or embryos ...

This fusion of gametes is called fertilisation. Gametes are formed by a type of cell division called meiosis. In animals the gametes are sperm and eggs. In flowering plants the gametes are pollen ...