August 2025

How decades-old frozen embryos are changing the shape of families

August 1, 2025
This week we welcomed a record-breaking baby to the world. Thaddeus Daniel Pierce, who arrived over the weekend, developed from an embryo that was frozen in storage for 30 and a half years. You could call him the world’s oldest baby. His parents, Lindsey and Tim Pierce, were themselves only young children when that embryo…