CRISPR reveals truth about ancient viral DNA and rare muscular dystrophy
Ancient viral DNA sequences in the mouse genome may offer insight into a severe muscle-wasting disease in humans…
Melinda Van Kerckvoorde is a Volunteer Writer at BioNews. She is an Associate Consultant at Scendea, supporting clients in the pharmaceutical and biotech industry with regulatory submissions to European and US agencies. Melinda completed her BSc in Biomedicine at Lancaster University and used computational models to understand embryo size regulation during her MPhil in Developmental Biology at the University of Cambridge. She then joined Dr Marta Shahbazi's lab at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology as an intern to study aneuploidy in human embryos. Now, she is looking for a new challenge to spin out more fertility research from labs into the real world and encourage reproductive health awareness.
Ancient viral DNA sequences in the mouse genome may offer insight into a severe muscle-wasting disease in humans…
Speakers highlighted the need for interdisciplinary dialogue between ethicists and researchers when considering ethical research involving stem cell-based-embryo models...
Genetic testing of IVF embryos could help more women over 35 have a baby in less time, according to a small study focused exclusively on women aged 35-42...
The real time process of a human embryo implanting has been recorded for the first time in 3D, offering a glimpse into a critical yet previously hidden process...
Direct-to-consumer fertility tests may provide users with access to information about their reproductive health without visiting a doctor, but new research has raised concerns about their safety and accuracy...
One in every 32 children born in the UK is conceived through IVF, according to the latest figures from the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority...
A new national registry has revealed at least 85 very prolific sperm donors in the Netherlands so far...
A new sperm selection method developed at Tel Aviv University, Israel, claims to increase IVF success rates from 34 percent to 65 percent...
An internal investigation into the record-keeping of the now-closed sperm donor bank at Leiden University Medical Centre revealed that over 400 donor-conceived children have more than 25 half-siblings…
Incidents in UK fertility clinics remain rare according to the annual State of the Fertility Sector 2023/24 report published by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority...
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