Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts equipment used for embryo biopsy.
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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.
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.
Boosting muscle cell production of gene therapy proteins
The expression and maturation of a protein that protects cells' elasticity have been mapped with unprecedented clarity and may help in the development of new gene therapies...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
COVID-19 vaccines do not induce autoimmune reaction that causes infertility
Neither mRNA or inactivated virus COVID-19 vaccines cause changes to syncytin-1 antibody levels in women of reproductive age...
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.
Event Review: The Effects of SARS-CoV2 Infection and Vaccine Safety on Fertility and Pregnancy
While viruses and vaccines are not typical topics for a genetics and assisted reproduction newsletter, the past two years have seen a shift in BioNews coverage to include various COVID-19-related developments...
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.
Mice produced from unfertilised eggs
Full-term mouse offspring were derived from single unfertilised eggs using targeted CRISPR/Cas9 epigenome editing...
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.
CRISPR genome editing treatment still effective after one year
The first team to use CRISPR to edit a disease-causing gene in humans has found the effects are persistent up to a year later...
Image by K Hardy via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human embryo at the blastocyst stage (about six days after fertilisation) 'hatching' out of the zona pellucida.
Early stage of human embryo development seen for the first time
High-resolution single-cell gene expression analysis has been performed on a gastrulating human embryo, providing landmark insights...
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.
NICE recommends new RNAi therapy for porphyria patients
A gene silencing treatment for a rare, but debilitating genetic disorder has been recommended for NHS use by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence....
Preimplantation signalling system discovered in human embryos
Human embryos can show an innate immune response when exposed to pathogens, as early as day five, researchers in the UK have found...