Protein delivered to testes improves sperm production
Scientists have directly delivered proteins to mouse testes for the first time, in an attempt to treat male infertility...
News
Higher IVF success rates at clinics reporting more data
Success rates for IVF are higher at clinics that shared more information than required by government regulators, researchers at the University of Colorado have reported...
Young stem cells isolated from old mice
An innovative method of isolating 'young' stem cells still present in old mice has been developed during a study that also highlights how the activity of mitochondria plays a central role in stem cell 'fitness' rather than age...
Organoids indicate that SARS-CoV-2 damages the brain barrier
SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 disease, can disrupt the blood-brain barrier in organoids and damage cells in the choroid plexus, which may lead to long-term neurological complications...
Powerful new CRISPR approach allows larger genome edits
Researchers in the US have developed a new CRISPR genome editing approach for making much larger edits to the genome...
Gene responsible for the urge to urinate identified
Scientists have identified the gene that senses pressure in the bladder and plays a key part in signalling the need to urinate...
Reviews
Podcast Review: Freezing time
Freezing Time is a new podcast series that follows writer Sophia Money-Coutts on her journey to freeze her eggs...
Event Review: Egg freezing — what's the deal with fertility preservation?
Billed as a 'forum for civilized disagreement', this hour-long webinar offers an opportunity to understand what egg freezing is, how and why it is accessed and what its long term implications are for the women who use it...
Comment
How Old Is Too Old to Be a Parent?
by Dr Yvonne Collins
Fertility and ageing were the focus of the second instalment of a two-part event held online by the Progress Educational Trust...
Age-Old Question: Exploring Fertility and Ageing
by Annabel Slater
'Age and fertility - a topic that never gets old', said Sarah Norcross, excusing herself for the pun, as host at the latest PET event...
It's time to remove the ten-year limit on social egg freezing
by Dr John Appleby
The UK's current law allows human eggs frozen for social reasons to be stored for a maximum of ten years. There are important arguments against this current limit...