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| Enzyme discovered critical to age-related cognitive decline |
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| 26 May 2020 - by Dr Joanne Delange |
| New research has led to the discovery of an enzyme that can help to reverse the DNA damage associated with ageing and Alzheimer's disease... [Read More] |
| Hair regeneration using stem cells to treat baldness |
| 26 May 2020 - by Javier Bautista |
| Stem cells derived from fat can lead to hair regrowth for people with a common type of baldness, according to a new study... [Read More] |
| Novel gene discovered that helps keep some people thin |
| 26 May 2020 - by Georgia Everett |
| According to preliminary research, scientists may have found a gene that explains why some individuals naturally stay slim... [Read More] |
| Counselling is more important than ever as clinics seek to reopen their doors |
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| 26 May 2020 - by Anthony Ryb |
| The announcement made a couple of weeks ago that from Monday 11 May 2020, fertility clinics can apply to reopen, has prompted a huge surge of relief and hope within the industry and, even more so, among the patients for whom treatment may have been postponed or put on hold for what, at the time, seemed indefinitely... [Read More] |
| From fertility lab to COVID testing: a personal experience of pandemic redeployment |
| 26 May 2020 - by Sophie Jewitt |
| The waiting room was filling up when the Hospital Trust informed us that all elective treatments and procedures were to cease. One by one the patients were led to a private room and gently told the news that they dreaded: that their planned IVF and frozen embryo treatments would be suspended... [Read More] |
| It's crucial to listen to patients' perspectives as fertility clinics prepare to reopen |
| 26 May 2020 - by Dr Zeynep Gurtin |
| Fertility clinics are currently preparing to reopen their doors following their nationwide closure in April, enforced by the coronavirus pandemic... [Read More] |
| Podcast Review: The Immaculate Deception |
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| 26 May 2020 - by Kriss Fearon |
| The widespread availability of home DNA testing has revealed a disturbing trend in cases of fertility fraud, where fertility doctors use their own sperm for donor inseminations instead of sperm from the partner or a donor... [Read More] |
| Podcast Review: The Genetics Podcast - Patient powered research networks |
| 18 May 2020 - by Mikey Lebrett |
| In decades past, the great institutions of research and academia were often perceived as impenetrable fortresses, with their activities taking place behind closed doors.... [Read More] |
| Radio Review: BBC Sounds - Can I trust DNA ancestry tests? |
| 11 May 2020 - by Isobel Steer |
| 'I just took a DNA test', sings Lizzo on her 2017 hit single 'Truth Hurts'... [Read More] |