Alzheimer's gene variant disrupts lipids and cholesterol in the brain
A gene variant which increases risk of developing Alzheimer's disease may do so by decreasing production of the substance which insulates nerve cells...
Latin for 'within the glass'. Refers to experiments performed in a controlled environment like a test tube or culture media, rather than inside a living organism or cells.
A gene variant which increases risk of developing Alzheimer's disease may do so by decreasing production of the substance which insulates nerve cells...
A smart phone carrying out a voice call over WiFi, has been shown to negatively affect sperm motility and viability in semen in the laboratory...
Human neurons have survived transplantation and integrated into the brains of young rats, building a new model to study human brain development...
by Zoe Beketova
Human and mouse brain cells grown in the lab have learned to play the tennis-like videogame, Pong...
This Progress Educational Trust event brought together a wide range of experts to discuss the regulation of such technologies from 'FemTech' to time-lapse imaging in fertility clinics – and, of course, genome editing...
by Professor André Van Steirteghem
Thirty years on from the birth of the first baby using intracytoplasmic sperm injection, one of the pioneers of the technique, Professor André van Steirteghem looks back on how far they have come...
The recent row over a passage in a school text book has highlighted how access to IVF has turned into a political battleground in Poland. Dr Barbara Kramarz gives some background to the issue...
'Synthetic' model embryos using mouse stem cells and an artificial incubator are the closest a stem-cell-derived embryo model has ever come to resembling a naturally developing embryo in the uterus...
by BioNews
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