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PETNewslettersIssue #1102
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Issue #1102

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28 June 2021 • 2 minutes read

FILM: Sarah Norcross and Professor Sir Mark Caulfield discuss whole genome sequencing and genomic medicine

by BioNews

A conversation between Sarah Norcross (director of the Progress Educational Trust) and Professor Sir Mark Caulfield (outgoing chief scientist at Genomics England) about the past, present and future of NHS genomics...

Image by Bill Sanderson via the Wellcome Collection, © Wellcome Trust Ltd 1990. Depicts Laocoön and his family (from Greek and Roman mythology) entwined in coils of DNA.
Image by Bill Sanderson via the Wellcome Collection, © Wellcome Trust Ltd 1990. Depicts Laocoön and his family entwined in coils of DNA (based on the figure of Laocoön from Greek and Roman mythology).
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5 July 2021 • 5 minutes read

Epigenetics and bioethics of human embryonic development: a birds' eye perspective

by Dr Birgit Kvernflaten and 2 others

It is becoming clear that our gene functions are influenced by a variety of 'epigenetic' factors throughout our lives and even before we are conceived...

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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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29 June 2021 • 1 minute read

Ovarian reserve is not affected by COVID-19

by Jen Willows

Fertility patients who have recovered from COVID-19 have the same chance of conceiving that they did before they were infected, according to a small study...

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29 June 2021 • 2 minutes read

IVF children do not have increased cancer risk

by Jen Willows

Children born as a result of fertility treatment are no more likely to develop cancer than naturally-conceived children, according to a new study...

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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29 June 2021 • 2 minutes read

Two egg collections in one cycle may benefit some IVF patients

by Jen Willows

A protocol involving two egg collections in the same menstrual cycle may reduce the time to pregnancy for IVF patients who respond poorly to ovarian stimulation...

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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30 June 2021 • 2 minutes read

Hormone clue to pre-eclampsia after frozen embryo transfers

by Jen Willows

Pre-eclampsia and high blood pressure in pregnancy may be linked to the way the uterus is prepared before frozen embryos are transferred...

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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2 July 2021 • 2 minutes read

CRISPR genome editing treatment shows promise for genetic disorder

by Dr Laura Riggall

In-body CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing could offer an effective treatment for a rare, life-threatening genetic condition...

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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2 July 2021 • 2 minutes read

Most sophisticated in vitro mouse embryo created from stem cells

by Stella Hume

A mouse embryo has been developed artificially in a lab from embryonic stem cells that represents the most sophisticated in vitro mammalian model ever created...

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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2 July 2021 • 2 minutes read

Sperm movement discovery could help treat male infertility

by Dr Charlotte Douglas

An essential component of how sperm move has been discovered, opening up new avenues for the understanding and treatment of male infertility...

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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2 July 2021 • 2 minutes read

Genome-wide evidence of the importance of unusual DNA structures

by Dr George Janes

Quadruple-stranded DNA structures appear to be evolutionarily conserved in some regions of the genome, indicating they serve an important purpose...

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2 July 2021 • 3 minutes read

DNA screening study to identify cancer risk in young adults in Australia

by Georgina Al-Badri

A low-cost screening test to identify cancer risk in young adults is set to be developed as part of a new $2.97 million study at Monash University in Melbourne,Australia...

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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2 July 2021 • 2 minutes read

Reversal of biological age detected in mouse and human embryos

by Semyon Bodian

Germline cells seem to reset their biological clocks around the time of embryo implantation, not when generating gametes, as previously thought...

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.
News
2 July 2021 • 2 minutes read

Childhood obesity linked to genomic instability which is a hallmark of most cancers

by Dr Charlott Repschläger

Obese children and adolescents experience higher levels of genomic instability, potentially increasing the risk of cancer in adulthood, a study has shown...

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Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts equipment used for embryo biopsy.
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Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts equipment used for embryo biopsy.
Reviews
2 July 2021 • 5 minutes read

Podcast Review: Heart and Soul – Creating life after death

by Daniel Jacobson

It didn't take long after starting to write for BioNews to realise that research into fertility and conception is less about understanding their features or mechanisms, and far more about our undeniable, unassailable right to family...

Image by Bill Sanderson via the Wellcome Collection, © Wellcome Trust Ltd 1997. Depicts the gyri of the Thinker's brain as a maze of choices in biomedical ethics (based on Auguste Rodin's 'The Thinker').
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Image by Bill Sanderson via the Wellcome Collection, © Wellcome Trust Ltd 1997. Depicts the gyri of the Thinker's brain as a maze of choices in biomedical ethics (based on the sculpture 'The Thinker' by Auguste Rodin).
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28 May 2021 • 4 minutes read

Webinar Review: Neonatal testing for rare diseases – The power of knowing

by Tsvetana Stoilova

A single blood drop, taken without your consent, can be life-changing...

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