Chemotherapy during pregnancy could affect daughters' fertility
A study has shown that the chemotherapy drug etoposide can affect the development of fetal ovarian tissue in mice...
Egg and sperm cells (also known as gametes) and their precursors.
A study has shown that the chemotherapy drug etoposide can affect the development of fetal ovarian tissue in mice...
by Ayala Ochert
Spanish scientists say they have created rudimentary sperm-like cells from skin and bone marrow cells taken from adult males...
A recent announcement that scientists had created functioning spermatozoids from mouse embryonic stem cells in the lab made quite a splash in the media. However, one key point seemed to be overlooked...
Scientists in China have used stem cells to create rudimentary sperm that successfully fertilised mouse eggs to produce healthy offspring...
Professor Matthew Cobb investigates some of the implications of the groundbreaking CRISPR genome-editing technology in this BBC Radio 4 documentary...
by Ryan Ross
UK fertility doctors are seeking permission to trial a new IVF treatment that involves transferring additional mitochondria into egg cells before fertilisation...
Scientists have discovered that the use of painkillers during pregnancy in rats may reduce the fertility of their offspring...
We report from the first session of the annual conference of the Progress Educational Trust, titled 'From Three-Person IVF to Genome Editing: the Science and the Ethics of Engineering the Embryo', in which Professor Azim Surani discussed the germline...
An international summit has agreed conditions under which human genome editing, using techniques like CRISPR, should proceed...
by Ari Haque
A US biotechnology start-up co-founded by two pioneers of CRISPR technology intends to begin gene editing in humans as part of an experimental treatment to target a rare genetic eye disorder...
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