A chemical messenger produced in the body, for example testosterone. Hormones can travel through the blood and have an effect elsewhere in the body.
The first Australian evidence-based guidelines for the clinical management of male infertility have been published by a panel of experts...
Nick Hopwood, from the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge, discusses the accuracy and authenticity of the film 'Joy: The Birth of IVF'...
The Women and Equalities Committee of the UK Parliament's House of Commons has launched an inquiry into egg donation and freezing...
Grace MacDonald – mother of Alastair MacDonald, the world's second IVF baby – tells her story to Professor Martin Johnson and Dr Kay Elder, sharing memories of the pioneers of IVF and of the equally pioneering patients...
A gene involved in how the body absorbs and uses vitamin D has been found to influence essential pathways related to cellular metabolism and cancer growth...
A gene variant has been shown to have different effects on patients based on their genetic sex...
Nearly 500 'switch-like' genes that are either expressed highly or not at all have been identified from a large-scale study of gene expression from almost one thousand people...
Gonadotrophs, cells in the pituitary gland involved in regulating puberty and reproduction, have a dual origin and are primarily produced after birth in mice, researchers have found....
A genetic oral swab test to determine which hormone treatment is best for egg maturation before IVF has been developed...
A 26-year-old male cancer survivor received a transplant of his frozen prepubescent sperm-producing stem cells...
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