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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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25 October 2021 • 4 minutes read

Female Fertility: What Does the Future Hold?

by Zaina Mahmoud

The Progress Education Trust event 'Female Fertility: What Does the Future Hold?' was the latest in a series of online discussions providing informative debate on future approaches to reproductive matters...

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25 October 2021 • 2 minutes read

FILM: #ExtendTheLimit – What Now For Egg Freezing?

by BioNews

This film documents a Progress Educational Trust event about the future of egg freezing, in light of the UK Government's announcement that it intends to extend gamete and embryo storage limits...

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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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21 October 2021 • 2 minutes read

Functional sperm developed in vitro from primate embryonic stem cells

by Abbie Harper

Stem cells from rhesus macaque monkeys have been used to make sperm in a dish...

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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21 October 2021 • 1 minute read

Novel genetic links to depression discovered in East Asian population

by Paige Mumford

Genetic risk factors for depression are different in East Asian populations compared to European, a new study has shown...

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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21 October 2021 • 2 minutes read

NICE recommends new RNAi therapy for porphyria patients

by Dr Ara Schorscher-Petcu

A gene silencing treatment for a rare, but debilitating genetic disorder has been recommended for NHS use by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence....

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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21 October 2021 • 2 minutes read

New method giving insight into DNA repair pathways could improve genome editing

by Dr George Janes

In-depth mapping of DNA repair mechanisms of the double-stranded and single-stranded breaks required for genome editing, could enhance the efficacy of these approaches, new research has revealed...

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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22 October 2021 • 2 minutes read

Children born with rare immune disease still healthy ten years after gene therapy

by James Moore

Gene therapy given to children born with a deadly immune disease remains safe and effective ten years on, researchers report...

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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22 October 2021 • 2 minutes read

Non-coding DNA is critical to survival in mammals

by Tsvetana Stoilova

Researchers have identified the first example of a non-coding DNA region that is crucial to the survival and implantation of mouse embryos...

Image by Dr Christina Weis. © Christina Weis
Image by Dr Christina Weis. © Christina Weis
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22 October 2021 • 1 minute read

Namibian citizenship granted to child born via surrogacy to gay couple

by Ruth Retassie

The Namibian High Court has granted citizenship to the child of a same-sex couple born via surrogacy...

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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22 October 2021 • 2 minutes read

Shared motherhood' couple can both be named on Irish birth certificate

by Michaela Chen

A lesbian couple in Ireland has won the right to be legally recognised as a two-mother family...

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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22 October 2021 • 2 minutes read

Patient has low sperm count 11 weeks after severe COVID-19

by Francesca Gavins

The SARS-CoV-2 virus was detected in the semen of a COVID-19 patient taking part in a longitudinal study into the impact of the virus on 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.
Reviews
17 September 2021 • 4 minutes read

TV Review: Fighting for Fertility

by Dr Elpida Fragouli

What does it take to make a family when natural conception is difficult or even impossible?..

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.
Reviews
17 September 2021 • 4 minutes read

Podcast Review: Why Me? Searching for genetic susceptibility to chronic fatigue syndrome and pain

by Dr Francina Agosti

Chronic fatigue and pain are long term debilitating diseases affecting many people worldwide. Despite decades of research, the specific mechanism or an effective therapy has not yet been found...

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