Mouse eggs created from skin cells
A new method of creating eggs from skin cells has been demonstrated in mice, and could have potential for treating infertility in future...
A new method of creating eggs from skin cells has been demonstrated in mice, and could have potential for treating infertility in future...
Stem cells collected from amniotic fluid during pregnancy can be grown into organoids to study organ development and improve prenatal diagnosis of medical conditions...
Despite the pain and confusion it has caused many IVF patients in Alabama, the Alabama Supreme Court's ruling that embryos had personhood, has forced many politicians and legislators in the USA to confront the impact of making reproductive care a political football…
145 genes have been identified as key to maintaining genome stability, protection, repair, and preventing DNA damage...
by Rachel Siden
A 62-year-old widow has received permission from the Western Australia Supreme Court to have her deceased husband's sperm extracted...
Dr Elpida Fragouli, a highly accomplished scientist in the field of preimplantation genetic testing and volunteer writer for BioNews, sadly died at the end of last year due to cancer…
CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing can result in the unintended deletion of a region associated with cancer...
by Jake Knox
A new driver of ovarian development, contributing to sex-specific organ differences, has been identified...
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