First viable mammal with artificial karyotype created
Using a novel technique for chromosome-level genetic engineering, scientists have generated mice with evolutionary genetic changes in the laboratory...
The number, appearance and banding pattern subsequent to chemical staining, of chromosomes in the nucleus of a eukaryotic cell. Also used to describe the complete set of chromosomes in an organism.
Using a novel technique for chromosome-level genetic engineering, scientists have generated mice with evolutionary genetic changes in the laboratory...
by Emma Lamb
A new rapid test can detect missing or extra chromosomes as part of prenatal and fertility care...
There has been much professional and public debate about the use of so-called fertility treatment 'add-ons' over the years...
Chinese researchers say an IVF technique called pronuclear transfer can safely produce a viable pregnancy...
by Professor Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz
Although our recent findings on the fate of aneuploid cells in mosaic embryos have indeed been somewhat misrepresented in the press, our findings may still constitute a strand of hope for mothers who have had early test results showing mosaic aneuploidy...
by Ceri Durham
Abnormal results from a non-invasive prenatal test for fetal chromosome abnormality may indicate the presence of previously undetected cancers in some mothers....
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