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Book Review: Selective Reproduction in the 21st Century
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| 29 January 2018 - by Jamie Rickman |
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In 2012, social scientists representing 20 different countries and all five continents gathered to discuss the 'routinisation' and globalisation of selective reproductive technologies in Copenhagen, Denmark... [Read More]
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First primates clones using 'Dolly method' created in China
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| 29 January 2018 - by Dr Rachel Huddart |
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Chinese scientists have announced the successful cloning of monkeys using the same method which produced Dolly the Sheep over 20 years ago... [Read More]
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Human trophoblast stem cells cultured for first time
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| 29 January 2018 - by Emma Laycock |
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Scientists in Japan have cultured human trophoblast stem cells, which form the placenta, for the first time... [Read More]
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What's a bit of genetic interplay between friends?
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| 29 January 2018 - by Professor Marcus Pembrey |
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The recent demonstration that friends share more of their genetic makeup in common than two people picked at random from their population has been making the headlines... [Read More]
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Large volumes of stem cells collected during caesareans
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| 11 December 2017 - by Emma Laycock |
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An efficient method to collect amniotic fluid rich in stem cells during caesarean sections has been developed by scientists in Sweden... [Read More]
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Preimplantation genetic screening: unvalidated methods discard healthy embryos
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| 11 December 2017 - by Norbert Gleicher |
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A seemingly brilliant hypothesis of preimplantation genetic screening arose in the 1990s when Dr Yuri Verlinsky proposed using polar body biopsies to detect chromosomal abnormalities in embryos prior to transfer in IVF...
Healthy embryos are discarded by unvalidated PGS
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Illumina wins NIPT patent case in UK High Court
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| 27 November 2017 - by Dr Rachel Brown |
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The UK Patents Court has ruled that two separate non-invasive prenatal tests infringe patents licensed by the US firm Illumina... [Read More]
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IVF and ICSI linked to congenital heart defects in children
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| 27 November 2017 - by Georgia Everett |
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Children conceived using assisted reproductive techniques have a greater risk of congenital heart defects compared with children born through spontaneous conception, according to research... [Read More]
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Lack of vitamin D linked to lower birth rates after fertility treatment
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| 20 November 2017 - by Dr Katie Howe |
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Women who had fertility treatments were a third less likely to deliver a baby if they had low levels of vitamin D, compared with women who sufficient vitamin D, a review study has found... [Read More]
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The reflex prenatal screening model seems like a step in the wrong direction
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| 20 November 2017 - by Catherine Joynson |
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The new 'reflex' method of antenatal screening for Down's, Edwards' and Patau's syndromes was described last week as a 'transformational advance'. It might be cheaper than other approaches, but it could come at the cost of informed choice for pregnant women and couples... [Read More]
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New prenatal DNA test for Down's syndrome is more accurate and cheaper
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| 13 November 2017 - by Dr Barbara Kramarz |
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A new prenatal screening method for Down's syndrome, Edwards syndrome and Patau syndromes is safer, more reliable and cheaper than existing approaches, a study has found... [Read More]
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Act now to investigate male infertility, urges expert
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| 16 October 2017 - by Annabel Slater |
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An expert in male fertility has called for urgent research into the stark decline reported in Western sperm counts... [Read More]
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Environmental chemicals affect sperm epigenetics
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| 18 September 2017 - by Dr Kimberley Bryon-Dodd |
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A type of chemical found in various personal beauty products and plastics may affect sperm and lower reproductive success, according to a new study... [Read More]
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Six genes linked to premature birth
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| 11 September 2017 - by Georgia Everett |
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Six key genes have been identified in the largest study of premature birth to date... [Read More]
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Screen all chromosomes in prenatal embryo testing, says study
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| 04 September 2017 - by Dr Rachel Huddart |
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Current prenatal chromosome screening tests could miss rare chromosomal abnormalities and lead to inaccurate results... [Read More]
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Pig organ transplants a step closer as CRISPR removes viruses
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| 14 August 2017 - by Cara Foley |
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Ancient viral genes have been eliminated from pigs using the genome editing tool CRISPR, according to research... [Read More]
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Preeclampsia risk linked to DNA of baby, not mother
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| 26 June 2017 - by Dr Linda Wijlaars |
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Preeclampsia – a dangerous rise in blood pressure in pregnant women – has been linked to a genetic variant found in the baby, instead of the mother... [Read More]
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Fetal immune system is active, not immature
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| 19 June 2017 - by Cara Foley |
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The fetal immune system is more mature in the second trimester than previously thought, which could assist research into diseases, miscarriage and immune tolerance, researchers say... [Read More]
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Fetuses prefer to gaze at face-like shapes
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| 12 June 2017 - by Cara Foley |
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Fetuses in the late stages of pregnancy move their heads towards shapes that resemble faces, suggesting that the ability to recognise faces may be innate... [Read More]
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Autism and smoking during pregnancy - a mitochondrial inheritance
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| 30 May 2017 - by Professor David Skuse |
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In recent years, there has been an explosion in the number of children diagnosed with autism. There is seemingly one in every classroom, most of them boys; some are quiet and nerdy, others may be disruptive and aggressive. Most have normal intelligence, and can be educated in mainstream schools. Parents of such children question why one child is affected... [Read More]
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