First epigenetic study in 3D human cancer cells
Researchers have, for the first time, characterised the epigenetic profile of tumour organoids and made their results available in public databases...
Researchers have, for the first time, characterised the epigenetic profile of tumour organoids and made their results available in public databases...
New research, in HIV positive patients being treated for blood cancer, has identified a critical time window after donor transplantation, during which the expanding donor cells are particularly vulnerable to being infected with HIV.
Scientists have developed a method that dramatically increases the production of human stem cells using mouse embryos...
A new three dimensional (3D) imaging method can identify sperm moving at high speed and may help select the best sperm for use in assisted conception...
A novel gene therapy prevents obesity and builds muscle without the need for additional exercise or dieting.
Thirty-five thousand people in the UK with COVID-19 will have their genetic code analysed to understand how a person's genes affect how they react to the virus...
In decades past, the great institutions of research and academia were often perceived as impenetrable fortresses, with their activities taking place behind closed doors....
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Reflections of a fertility doctor through the COVID-19 crisis
by Professor Adam Balen
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought huge challenges to our health service and to society as a whole. This has made me reflect on what it has meant to the fertility sector in the UK, the way we have responded and changes for the future...
COVID-19 and reproduction: ESHRE COVID-19 working group update
by Dr Anna Veiga
The ESHRE working group on COVID-19 was constituted in early March as a group of ART experts working to investigate and offer updates on the possible consequences of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic upon human reproduction and fertility in general...
Genomics in an age of COVID-19
by Chris Wigley
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