Mice with two fathers created using genome edited embryonic stem cells
Mice with two fathers have been created using genome editing, and have survived into adulthood...
Present from birth. A congenital condition may or may not have a genetic basis.
Mice with two fathers have been created using genome editing, and have survived into adulthood...
Scientists at the Francis Crick Institute in London have shown the earliest known stage in mammalian heart development...
People born with the aid of IVF or intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) are six times more likely to develop high blood pressure as adolescents, a preliminary study has found...
A large study in Australia has found a link between undescended testes at birth and development of testicular cancer and infertility in later life...
Children conceived using assisted reproductive techniques have a greater risk of congenital heart defects compared with children born through spontaneous conception, according to research...
by Dr Lea Goetz
New research suggests living near a road which is noisy at night-time may contribute to male infertility...
Scientists have identified a unique form of congenital muscular dystrophy, characterised by short stature, intellectual disabilities and cataracts...
Bearing a child at a higher age does not increase risk of birth defects when the woman has received IVF or ICSI treatment to become pregnant, a recent study suggests...
The Dutch government is planning to change the law to allow for the creation of human embryos for research...
Press coverage of a recent study on mouse embryos speculates that termination of human pregnancies diagnosed with aneuploidy (a family of conditions including Down's syndrome) at prenatal diagnosis could be unnecessary, due to the ability of the fetus to 'heal itself'. In fact, the paper's findings are not relevant to aneuploidy detected at prenatal diagnosis...
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