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PETNewslettersIssue #1098
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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.
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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.
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4 June 2021 • 4 minutes read

Fertilisation, the fourteen day rule, and beyond

by Dr Sigal Klipstein

The first IVF baby was born in 1978, and represented a milestone at the cross section of basic science, clinical research and patient care...

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4 June 2021 • 2 minutes read

FILM: Sarah Norcross and Dr Sarah Martins Da Silva discuss the future of male fertility

by BioNews

A conversation between Sarah Norcross (director of the Progress Educational Trust) and Dr Sarah Martins Da Silva (clinical senior lecturer in Systems Medicine at the University of Dundee) about the future of male fertility...

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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.
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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.
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4 June 2021 • 2 minutes read

Cambridgeshire CCG to review IVF policy

by Blair Sowry

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group has announced it will be reviewing its 2017 decision to discontinue funding for IVF treatment...

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4 June 2021 • 2 minutes read

Breast cancer drug reduces the risk of recurrence by 42 percent

by Charlott Repschläger

A targeted breast cancer treatment reduces the risk of BRCA-related cancer returning or spreading after chemotherapy...

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.
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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 sequencing output from an automated DNA sequencing machine.
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4 June 2021 • 2 minutes read

Complete human genome sequenced after 20 years

by Joseph Hawkins

An international team of researchers claims to have sequenced the complete human genome, including areas which were missed in the original draft...

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4 June 2021 • 2 minutes read

Cells that initiate heart tissue development identified

by Dr Melanie Krause

Scientists at the Francis Crick Institute in London have shown the earliest known stage in mammalian heart development...

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.
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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 sequencing output from an automated DNA sequencing machine.
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4 June 2021 • 2 minutes read

Gene variant that turns off fullness signal makes people gain weight

by Devika Sooklall

Obesity may be caused by a mutation in our genes and not just our environment...

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).
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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-coloured cryogenic scanning electron micrograph).
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4 June 2021 • 2 minutes read

Stem cell transplant can treat type 2 diabetes for six months

by Martha Roberts

People who have had type 2 diabetes for less than a decade and have a BMI of less than 23 could benefit from a bone marrow stem cell transplant...

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4 June 2021 • 2 minutes read

Noncoding genome sheds light on developmental disorders

by Javier Bautista

Seven newly-identified variants in non-coding regions of the genome suggest a new diagnostic strategy for developmental disorders in children...

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.
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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 sequencing output from an automated DNA sequencing machine.
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4 June 2021 • 2 minutes read

Five-month-old baby receives £1.8 million gene therapy on the NHS

by Dr Molly Godfrey

A baby has become the first NHS patient to receive gene therapy for spinal muscular atrophy...

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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.
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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.
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6 May 2021 • 4 minutes read

Podcast Review: Why Have Sperm Counts More Than Halved in the Past 40 years?

by Hayley Fryer

We've all been told that smoking, drinking too much and being overweight are bad for our overall health and can have a negative impact on our fertility...

Image by Dr Christina Weis. © Christina Weis
Image by Dr Christina Weis. © Christina Weis
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14 May 2021 • 3 minutes read

Theatre Review: From Me to Us

by Zaina Mahmoud

The change in the HFE Act to extend eligibility for parental orders to single parents forms the basis of Wayne Steven Jackson's autobiographical play, From Me to Us...

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