ESHRE 2015: Research highlights
A roundup of research stories from ESHRE 2015 that hit the headlines this week...
Ayala Ochert was previously Science Editor at BioNews and at the charity that publishes it, the Progress Educational Trust (PET). She is currently a freelance science journalist, and has written for publications including Nature, New Scientist, Discover, the Independent and the Times Higher Education Supplement. Previously she was Editor of Interactions, the member newspaper of the Institute of Physics. She has also worked as Associate Editor of California Monthly, the alumni magazine of the University of California, Berkeley. She has a diverse range of interests, has written on subjects ranging from anthropology to zoology, and is currently writing a book on the science of breastmilk.
by Ayala Ochert
A roundup of research stories from ESHRE 2015 that hit the headlines this week...
by Ayala Ochert
The academic performance of teenagers who were conceived through assisted reproductive technologies is the same as that of their peers, according to Danish doctors...
by Dr Indi Ghangrekar and 1 others
Molecular biologists have used gene-editing technology to identify promising targets for anti-cancer drugs...
by Ayala Ochert
Scientists have announced the creation of miniature tumours that closely mimic real cancers....
by Ayala Ochert
The US National Institutes of Health has issued a firm statement that it will not fund any research involving gene-editing technologies in human embryos...
by Ayala Ochert
Chinese scientists report the first-ever genetic modification of human embryos using the CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing technique, confirming rumours that these highly controversial experiments were underway...
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