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Nucleus
The structure at the centre of nearly all cells, containing most of its genetic information.
Articles using this Glossary Item
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New IVF technique could prevent transmission of mitochondrial disorders |
| 19 April 2010 - by |
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A team of researchers at Newcastle University in the UK has been successful in attempts to transfer genetic material from one newly fertilised human egg to another without carrying over the egg's mitochondria (the energy-producing structures of a cell)...[Read More] |
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Controversial egg modification technique could increase IVF success in older women |
| 15 November 2009 - by |
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A controversial new technique to improve the quality of eggs from older women undergoing IVF is being developed by Japanese scientists. Because the procedure involves using eggs from two women to create a single viable egg for fertilisation, it has sparked a media furore over the potential creation of what have been inaccurately dubbed 'three-parent embryos'....[Read More] |
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Events using this Glossary Item
| Physics of Cells: From the Edge to the Heart |
| 06 September 2009 Congress Centre, Hotel Zora, Raduća BB, Primošten 22202, Šibenik-Knin County, Croatia |
| The 1st European Molecular Biology Organisation conference on Cell Biophysics...[Read More] |
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