Human eggs grown in a dish for the first time
Researchers have grown fully developed human eggs in the laboratory for the first time...
A group of diseases that start when the signals that control how much and how often cells divide stop working properly. This causes cells to grow and multiply too much, and eventually to invade other tissues.
Researchers have grown fully developed human eggs in the laboratory for the first time...
by Professor Robin Lovell-Badge
The problem of fertility preservation for girls and women undergoing cancer treatments has been a subject of research for many decades. The recent study by McLaughlin and colleagues from Professor Evelyn Telfer's lab at the University of Edinburgh, UK, is
Blocking a single molecule, the amino acid asparagine, can prevent breast cancer spread in mice, according to a new study...
E-cigarette smoke has been found to damage DNA in the heart, lungs and bladder in mice, according to research from New York University's School of Medicine...
We are already into the second month of 2018, so if you made New Year's resolutions then the chances are that, like me, you've long ditched them — especially any regarding your health. It seems that changing old habits is hard, even those that we know w
China has administered CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing to at least 86 cancer patients, a new report has revealed.
Scientists have developed a single blood test to detect eight common cancer types and their location of origin within the body...
Scientists have taken the most detailed images yet of an enzyme working its way along a strand of DNA, revealing how it reads the genetic code...
The blanket screening of all women over 30 for genetic mutations which cause breast and, or ovarian cancer could prevent more cancers and be more cost effective than current approaches, according to a new study...
Details of Ireland's proposed Assisted Human Reproduction Bill were revealed in a meeting of the Oireachtas Health Committee...
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