Paterna Biosciences has successfully grown human sperm in a lab through a technique known as in vitro spermatogenesis.

Paterna Biosciences says it has determined the set of instructions needed to turn sperm-making stem cells into "normal, ...

Scientists have tried for decades to produce human sperm outside the body. A Salt Lake City company says they’ve succeeded – ...

According to WIRED, Paterna claims it has worked out the molecular signals needed to turn spermatogonial stem cells into ...

Paterna Biosciences said it has mastered the molecular signals that teach stem cells how to mature into sperm for a promising ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fathers may carry traces of their childhood trauma in their sperm cells, a new study finds. The new research, published Jan. 3 in ...

Now, scientists are taking control of that formula. The equation for making a human is not straightforward anymore. In a ...

Germ cells pass DNA to the next generation and undergo massive reorganization of their DNA packaging to generate totipotency, or the ability to differentiate into any cell type. Understanding the ...

Researchers often use a nematode worm called Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) to study human genetics because at the molecular level, we have a lot in common with these organisms. Scientists used a ...

New work from UC Davis and the University of Utah shows how the 3D structure of DNA inside a germ cell commits it to develop into a sperm cell. The discovery could improve understanding of fertility ...