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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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10 September 2018 • 5 minutes read

Battle-worn: Setting up a multi-centre, randomised, controlled trial in the UK

by Professor Roy Homburg and 1 others

Why has clinical evidence on IVF 'add-ons' not been forthcoming?...

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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 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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14 September 2018 • 2 minutes read

Broad Institute wins key CRISPR patent battle

by Jen Willows

A US appeal court judgment in favour of the Broad Institute may mark the close of the long-running dispute over the US patent for the use of CRISPR/Cas9 in animal and plant cells...

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14 September 2018 • 2 minutes read

Three patients die from breast cancer through organ donation

by Charlott Repschläger

Four organ recipients developed cancer after doctors did not detect breast cancer in an organ donor...

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14 September 2018 • 2 minutes read

BPA-free plastics harm eggs and sperm in mice

by Dr Elizabeth Oliver

Plastics that do not contain bisphenol A (BPA) — a compound known to harm reproductive health — may not necessarily be any safer than those that do, experiments in mice have shown...

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.
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14 September 2018 • 2 minutes read

Freeze eggs before 35 for IVF success, says UK report

by Georgia Everett

The age at which a woman freezes her eggs has a significant impact on IVF success when they are thawed, suggests a new report by the UK's fertility regulator...

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14 September 2018 • 2 minutes read

Simple urine test for early-stage ovarian cancer edges closer

by Isobel Steer

UK scientists have discovered a protein biomarker of early-stage ovarian cancer, which they hope will be detectable in a urine test...

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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14 September 2018 • 2 minutes read

Genome editing key gene gives breast cancer insights

by Dr Melanie Krause

A new and faster way to evaluate the pathogenicity of different variants of a breast-cancer related gene has been developed using CRISPR genome editing...

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.
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14 September 2018 • 2 minutes read

Dead son's sperm used to create grandson without consent

by Martha Henriques

An investigation has been launched looking into how an embryo was created from a deceased man's sperm without his consent.

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