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Scientists have worked out how to send viable mouse sperm on postcards

5 August 2021

A simple way to transfer sperm, freeze-dried on a sheet of paper, could find an application in scientific studies and animal husbandry

egg being fertilised in IVF

Study of how genes influence menopause may improve fertility treatment

4 August 2021

Study of how genes influence menopause could improve fertility treatments, research in mice suggests

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