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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Endometrium
The endometrium in the inner-most layer of the uterus, and is the site of implantation for an embryo. It contains a layer of stem cells to regenerate the layer that thickens and is shed during the menstrual cycle.
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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.
Algorithm developed to identify vulnerable tumours
An algorithm called PRRDetect has been developed to identify immunotherapy-susceptible cancers...
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.
Human Endometrial Cell Atlas published
Researchers have developed a comprehensive cell map of the human endometrium, and identified new cell types and interactions between them...
New drug increases biochemical pregnancy rate following IVF
Women undergoing IVF using donor eggs had a higher biochemical pregnancy rate after using a new drug designed to act directly on the endometrium in the uterus...
Image by K Hardy via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human embryo at the blastocyst stage (about six days after fertilisation) 'hatching' out of the zona pellucida.
'Mini-placentas' to help in understanding reproductive disorders
A placenta model, developed at the University of Cambridge, is enabling scientists to better understand the underlying cause of reproductive disorders...
Where Do We Go Next? The Case for Change
The second session of the PET 2023 Annual Conference asked 'Where do we go next?' following Professor Peter Braude's superb coverage of the history of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act...
Ovulation monitoring at home during IVF as successful as hospital testing
Use of urine hormone test strips by women to monitor ovulation, prior to IVF embryo transfer, results in the same pregnancy rate at 12 weeks, as those who had hospital-based ovulation monitoring...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
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.
Endometriosis gene regions shared with other inflammatory and chronic pain conditions
A large-scale genetic study of endometriosis has been carried out to better understand its link to other inflammatory and chronic conditions...