Nanodevice tracks mammalian cells from the inside
Microscopic nanodevices have been injected inside cells for the first time, allowing researchers to track the beginning of embryo development...
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Image by Christoph Bock/Max Planck Institute for Informatics via Wikimedia Commons. Depicts a DNA molecule that is methylated on both strands on the centre cytosine.
Pregnancy protects against breast cancer by changing the epigenome
Pregnancy reduces the risk of breast cancer by reprogramming genes found in breast cells...
Organoids used to study ovarian cancer
Mini versions of mouse reproductive organs have been used to investigate how the most lethal ovarian cancers develop...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
Neanderthal gene increases fertility and reduces miscarriage
Women who carry a gene variant inherited from Neanderthal ancestors have fewer miscarriages, reduced bleeding events in pregnancy and increased fertility...
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.
Genetic database gives insights into diseases and hope for Parkinson's
The world's largest publicly available dataset of human genomic variation has returned its first results in the form of seven simultaneously published studies....
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.
Dementia gene linked to an increased susceptibility to severe COVID-19
A gene variant linked to Alzheimer's disease has been shown to increase the risk of developing severe COVID-19 symptoms...
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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.
Event Review: Hacking Darwin - Genetic engineering and the future of humanity
Hacking Darwin: Genetic Engineering and the Future of Humanity, an event by London Futurists, was held online on 16 May...
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Thank you to all our volunteers during Volunteers' Week
by Sarah Norcross
This week is Volunteers' Week and we would like to give a massive shout out to all our volunteers, past and present, and say thank you for all that they have done and all that they continue to do...
HFEA supports a move towards a longer storage period for fertility patients
by Emily Tiemann
We have welcomed the recent Department for Health and Social Care consultation on storage limits at the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA), as we recognise it is time for a change to the laws to accommodate the reproductive choices of fertility patients...
Volunteering: gaining as much as giving
by Kerry Dyus
Motivations for volunteering are as diverse as the volunteers themselves...