Microbial DNA in blood may help diagnose cancer
Different types and stages of cancer may cause unique microbial DNA signatures that can be detected in the blood, according to new research published in Nature...
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Image by Sílvia Ferreira, Cristina Lopo and Eileen Gentleman via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a single human stem cell embedded within a porous hydrogel matrix (false colour).
'London patient' declared cured of HIV after three years
Three years after receiving a stem cell transplant, a man from London is the second patient in history to be cured of HIV, doctors report...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
Belfast Trust postpones fertility treatment due to coronavirus
Fertility treatments for 33 patients have been postponed at Belfast's Regional Fertility Centre due to COVID-19...
New genetic test could identify 'high risk' bone marrow cancer patients
A new way of identifying high-risk bone marrow cancer may help predict which patients will have more aggressive disease...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
Unproven report linking coronavirus to male infertility removed
A report published online that suggests the novel coronavirus may lead to male infertility has now been removed...
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Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
Film Review: Childless in the World's Most Fertile Country
The impact infertility has on the quality of life is significant...
Image by Peter Artymiuk via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts the shadow of a DNA double helix, on a background that shows the fluorescent banding of the output from a DNA sequencing machine.
Exhibition Review: I:DNA
I:DNA is an artistic installation created from research data collated by Dr Felicity Boardman from the University of Warwick in collaboration with Santé Theatre and Media Productions...
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FILM: Frozen Fertility - The Challenges of Storing Eggs, Sperm and Embryos (Part 2)
by BioNews
The second in a series of films documenting a recent Progress Educational Trust/Scottish Government event on medical, ethical, legal, social and policy aspects of cryopreservation, featuring a presentation by Dr Melanie Davies of Fertility Preservation UK...
Keep calm and... stop? Fertility treatment in a pandemic
by Dr Raj Mathur and 1 others
The spread of a novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), which causes the disease COVID-19, presents UK fertility clinics and patients with a unique set of challenges...