Stem cells form human tissue that behave like early-stage embryos
For the first time, researchers have successfully developed models of early-stage human embryos using stem cells...
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.
For the first time, researchers have successfully developed models of early-stage human embryos using stem cells...
In 1978, in the run-up to the birth of Louise Brown, the first IVF baby, the media speculated greatly over whether she would be normal. 'Had there been anything at all wrong with me,' Brown has reflected, 'I think it would have been the end of IVF'...
The latest report from the HFEA reflects a trend now evident in assisted reproductive technology (ART) registries throughout the world: that frozen embryo transfer is rapidly gaining on fresh as the favoured transfer protocol...
The vitrification method of freezing and storing embryos is safe, but the length of time embryos are kept in storage may affect their chances of resulting in a pregnancy and successful birth...
US researchers have generated novel early embryo models — called blastoids — from mouse stem cells and implanted them into surrogate mice...
The Progress Educational Trust (PET) symposium event 'Revolutionising Reproduction: The Future of Fertility Treatment' took place at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh on the 19th March 2019...
The birth of extremely rare semi-identical, or sesquizygotic, twins has been reported in Brisbane, Australia...
by Dr Kamal Ahuja and 1 others
Recently, the HFEA released a statement on adjunct treatments in IVF. The regulator had provided clear notice of its publication and both its stated intentions and content were as anticipated...
'Science marches on' was the third session of the Progress Educational Trust (PET)'s Annual Conference 'Make Do or Amend: Should We Update UK Fertility and Embryo Law?'. The session focused on the key scientific developments within embryo research asking:
The world's first baby has been born from a uterus transplanted into a woman from a dead donor...
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