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The placenta and the hormones it produces may have played a crucial role in the evolution of the human brain, while also leading to the behavioural traits that have made human societies able to thrive and expand, according to a new hypothesis proposed by researchers from the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford. Cambridge...

Across the world, fertility rates are falling, while families are choosing to have children later on in life. To help them conceive, many couples turn to assisted reproductive technologies such as IVF; however, success rates remain low and the process can be expensive. Mo Vali and Dr Staci Weiss hope that AI can change...

Modern humans descended from not one, but at least two ancestral populations that drifted apart and later reconnected, long before modern humans spread across the globe. A study published in Nature Genetics, co-authored Cambridge Reproduction member Aylwyn Scally, has discovered that modern humans descended from not one...

This week, Christina Rozeik, Programme Manager for Cambridge Reproduction accepted the award for the Cambridge Reproduction project Including public voices in policy through a public dialogue on stem cell-based embryo models at The Cambridge Awards 2025. Stem cell-based embryo models offer exciting new opportunities to...