Why IVF does not affect ovarian reserves
Recently the 'reality' television star Kourtney Kardashian claimed that the IVF treatment she received had 'put her into the menopause' in the trailer for a new series of 'Meet the Kardashians'...
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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.
Human embryo gene expression starts at one-cell stage
A new study shows that embryos begin to show gene expression when they are just at the single-cell stage, right after fertilisation...
Sperm change swimming patterns to find egg
Research has shed light on how the chemical environment of the fallopian tubes can influence how mammalian sperm swim towards the egg...
Postcode lottery persists for England's fertility patients
A national audit has highlighted regional differences in IVF funding, set by local clinical commissioning groups...
TV Review: Fighting for Fertility
What does it take to make a family when natural conception is difficult or even impossible?..
Public perspectives on stem-cell-based human embryo models
Our scientific understanding of early human embryogenesis is the product of costly trade-offs...
Huntington's gene found to affect development of two-week-old embryos
Researchers have discovered the earliest known effect of the Huntingtin gene variant which causes Huntington's disease...
Men over 50 less likely to have successful fertility treatment
The chance of live birth following assisted reproduction is significantly reduced when the prospective father is over the age of 50, a recent study has revealed…
Image by Bill Sanderson via the Wellcome Collection, © Wellcome Trust Ltd 1990. Depicts Laocoön and his family (from Greek and Roman mythology) entwined in coils of DNA.
Epigenetics and bioethics of human embryonic development: a birds' eye perspective
It is becoming clear that our gene functions are influenced by a variety of 'epigenetic' factors throughout our lives and even before we are conceived...
IVF patients not negatively affected by COVID-19 mRNA vaccination
No differences were identified between IVF cycles taking place before and after the patients received the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine...