'The odd throuple': Accuracy and authenticity in the IVF film 'Joy'
Nick Hopwood, from the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge, discusses the accuracy and authenticity of the film 'Joy: The Birth of IVF'...
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Blastocyst
A mammalian embryo in the first stage of development, when the fertilised egg has grown into a hollow ball made up of a few hundred cells.
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Seeing the unseen: Live imaging of late-stage preimplantation human embryos
A novel method for visualising human blastocyst development – which has led to findings with implications for PGT-A – is described by Dr Ahmed Abdelbaki, a postdoctoral researcher in the Niakan Lab at the University of Cambridge...
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).
Eggs created from human skin cells and then fertilised
Egg cells have been created from human skin cell DNA, which have then been fertilised with sperm to create embryos...
Image by Christoph Bock/Max Planck Institute for Informatics via Wikimedia Commons. Depicts a DNA molecule that is methylated on both strands on the centre cytosine.
Embryo development influenced by father's preconception environment
Paternal environmental factors, such as diet and gut microbiome, may impact early embryonic development in offspring...
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).
Mouse stem-cell-based embryo models mimic natural blastocysts
Mouse stem cells have been used to create an embryo model that mimics the stage where an embryo implants into the uterus...
Male partner age affects chance of miscarriage after IVF
News from ESHRE – IVF cycles are more likely to end in miscarriage when the male partner is over 45...
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).
Event Review: ISSCR Embryo Models Working Group – Summary of findings and recommendations
The International Society for Stem Cell Research hosted a webinar to present the recommendations of its Embryo Models Working Group, which has been drafting updated guidance on research involving SCBEMs...
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).
Swapping one sugar for another helps create 'super stem cells'
Swapping one sugar for another leads stem cells to become 'fitter and younger' versions of themselves, new research has revealed...
ICSI does not improve IVF outcomes for non-severe male factor infertility
Intracytoplasmic sperm injection offers no advantage over conventional IVF in cases where men don't have severe male-factor infertility, a 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.
Preimplantation Genetic Testing: Barriers to Access
The latest PET event focused on access to and funding for preimplantation genetic testing, specifically in relation to monogenic conditions and chromosomal structural rearrangements...