The smallest particle of a substance that has all of the physical and chemical properties of that substance. Molecules are made up of two or more atoms - for example, a molecule of water is made up of two atoms of hydrogen and one of oxygen.
Prior to 2020, genetic mutations weren't something that regularly made the news. Now, two-and-a-half years out from the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, new genetic variants continue to hit the headlines, and genomic mutations – in a virus, at least – are something the public are much more aware of...
An approach which significantly improves the ability to modify mitochondrial DNA in living cells has been developed by scientists in South Korea...
Researchers have identified a molecule that could be used as a drug to prevent metastasis, a process by which cancer can spread and cause death...
A clinical trial combining two cancer therapies has shown promising results in patients with low grade serous ovarian cancer...
Pancreatic organoids, grown using a newly developed gel, have enabled scientists to better understand pancreatic cancer...
Screening for a molecule that inhibits embryo implantation, and timing embryo transfer around this, could improve IVF success rates...
An automated embryo freezing process has been developed to reduce the likelihood of damage from freezing, or 'cryoinjuries', that can occur when the process is performed manually...
The mechanism by which environmental factors are transferred from sperm to embryo has been identified...
Professor Lewis Wolpert, a highly accomplished developmental biologist, science communicator and humanist, sadly died on 28 January 2021...
In the last year, it has become painfully apparent that the new coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, while initially targeting the respiratory system, can affect several tissues and organs and result in a plethora of symptoms and sequelae...
