Page URL: https://www.bionews.org.uk/
BioNews, published by the Progress Educational Trust (PET), provides news and comment on genetics, assisted conception, embryo/stem cell research and related areas. You can subscribe to the BioNews email newsletter for free.
| Alzheimer's may be detectable before symptoms appear |
|---|
| 11 October 2021 - by Dr Holly Barker |
| Healthy people with an inherited risk of Alzheimer's disease show structural brain differences before the onset of symptoms... [Read More] |
| Depression during pregnancy linked to epigenetic changes in the placenta |
| 11 October 2021 - by Dr Joanne Delange |
| Depression during pregnancy has been linked to placental gene modifications according to a study conducted by NIH researchers... [Read More] |
| Escaping stem cells blamed for baldness |
| 11 October 2021 - by Abbie Harper |
| The exit of stem cells from hair follicle structures contributes to hair whitening and loss, in a mechanism which could be used to prevent baldness in humans... [Read More] |
| Advances in Assisted Reproduction: What Can We Expect? |
|---|
| 11 October 2021 - by Annabel Slater |
| Sarah Norcross, director of the Progress Educational Trust, invited the audience of the event to consider where assisted reproductive technologies stood 55 years ago... [Read More] |
| Public perspectives on stem-cell-based human embryo models |
| 11 October 2021 - by Ana Pereira Daoud |
| Our scientific understanding of early human embryogenesis is the product of costly trade-offs... [Read More] |
| A storage solution for embryos and gametes? |
| 4 October 2021 - by Eleri Williams |
| To the relief of many patients and those working in the IVF sector, the Department of Health and Social Care announced on 6 September 2021 that the storage limit for embryos and gametes would be extended from ten years to a maximum of 55 years with a renewal every ten-years... [Read More] |
| Book Review: When Reproduction Meets Ageing: The science and medicine of the fertility decline |
|---|
| 11 October 2021 - by Pamela Mahoney Tsigdinos |
| While far from an easy read, due to the mostly dense, academic language, Bühler provides a useful new look at the biological clock and how often it's miscalculated as well as the hazards of a 'one-size-fits-all' presentation of fertility... [Read More] |
| Book Review: Klara and the Sun |
| 4 October 2021 - by Jen Willows |
| Klara and the Sun is a warm, readable novel with a small cast of well-developed characters. Ultimately it is a story about family, love, friendship and being human... [Read More] |
| Radio Review: Genetic Dreams, Genetic Nightmares |
| 4 October 2021 - by Anna Wernick |
| Hosted by Professor Matthew Cobb of the University of Manchester, Genetic Dreams, Genetic Nightmares took me back to his lectures during my undergraduate degree there... [Read More] |