Algorithm predicts ovarian cancer in BRCA1/2 carriers within NHS
A screening tool for women with BRCA1 or 2 variants identifies ovarian cancers at an earlier stage, and reduces the need for expensive cancer therapies...
A screening tool for women with BRCA1 or 2 variants identifies ovarian cancers at an earlier stage, and reduces the need for expensive cancer therapies...
Inspired by Edith Wharton's 1922 novella The Old Maid, Pennyroyal is a new play which was performed at the Finsborough Theatre, London in the summer. Zaina Mahmoud reviews this new 'timeless' play...
Researchers have developed a blood test that can accurately detect ovarian cancer in women with a growth in their pelvis...
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by Emily Vine
A transgender woman whose child was born using sperm frozen prior to transitioning has been denied legal parenthood by a Japanese court... by Emily Vine
Egg cells are kept in a form of stasis from when they are first formed in the fetus until they mature in adulthood, by a protein which regulates transcription, a new study in mice has shown...
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) has published a first draft guideline on improving care for trans and gender diverse people accessing health services...
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Lecturer in medical ethics at Lancaster University, Dr John Appleby looks at the reasons why the 14-day rule for embryo research was imposed in the first place, and why it should be reconsidered...
Early human oocytes remodel their metabolic activity, which enables them to remain dormant and reproductively viable for decades...
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