IVF availability linked to motherhood delay
Access to IVF may serve as 'fertility insurance' for women, making them more inclined to delay motherhood and focus on their career, a study has suggested...
Arit Udoh is a Volunteer Writer at BioNews, having originally joined the publication under the auspices of its writing scheme. She is also a trained pharmacist, and completed a PhD in pharmacy practice and policy at University College London's School of Pharmacy. Her doctoral research, conducted in collaboration with the International Pharmaceutical Federation's Education Initiative, focused on evaluating policies that support the development of the global pharmacy workforce. She currently works as the Clinical Trials Coordinator at the Anglia Ruskin University Clinical Trials Unit, where she is involved with managing a portfolio of clinical studies in cancer, renal and ophthalmology.
by Arit Udoh
Access to IVF may serve as 'fertility insurance' for women, making them more inclined to delay motherhood and focus on their career, a study has suggested...
by Arit Udoh
Alibaba, the China-based e-commerce firm, has offered its male users up to £525 in exchange for their sperm...
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US-based genetic testing company, 23andMe, has announced plans to use its customers' data for research and drug development...
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Sanofi has signed a partnership deal worth potentially US $845 million with Voyager Therapeutics, a comparatively small biotech firm, making it the latest major pharmaceutical firms to commit financially to gene therapy research...
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Smoking can accelerate the loss of the Y chromosome in blood cells, a study claims...
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US-based genetic testing company 23andMe has launched its controversial 'personal genome service' in the UK...
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Glybera, the first gene therapy to go on sale in Europe, is set to cost €1.1m (£870,000) per patient, making it the world's most expensive drug...
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Precisely how adaptation and innovation fits into the process of natural selection remains a mystery. Evolutionary biologist Andreas Wagner thinks he's cracked the puzzle and tried to get us to agree at this Royal Institution lecture...
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Scientists claim to have discovered the genetic mechanism by which two patients developed immunity to HIV infection...
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Common variants of two genes linked to behaviour can significantly raise the likelihood of violent criminal behavior, a study - which has received a mixed reaction from expert commentators - suggests...
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