A protocol involving two egg collections in the same menstrual cycle may reduce the time to pregnancy for IVF patients who respond poorly to ovarian stimulation...
Pre-eclampsia and high blood pressure in pregnancy may be linked to the way the uterus is prepared before frozen embryos are transferred...
Children born as a result of fertility treatment are no more likely to develop cancer than naturally-conceived children, according to a new study...
Fertility patients who have recovered from COVID-19 have the same chance of conceiving that they did before they were infected, according to a small study...
Obese children and adolescents experience higher levels of genomic instability, potentially increasing the risk of cancer in adulthood, a study has shown...
Germline cells seem to reset their biological clocks around the time of embryo implantation, not when generating gametes, as previously thought...
A low-cost screening test to identify cancer risk in young adults is set to be developed as part of a new $2.97 million study at Monash University in Melbourne,Australia...
Quadruple-stranded DNA structures appear to be evolutionarily conserved in some regions of the genome, indicating they serve an important purpose...
An essential component of how sperm move has been discovered, opening up new avenues for the understanding and treatment of male infertility...
A mouse embryo has been developed artificially in a lab from embryonic stem cells that represents the most sophisticated in vitro mammalian model ever created...
In-body CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing could offer an effective treatment for a rare, life-threatening genetic condition...
A single blood drop, taken without your consent, can be life-changing...
It didn't take long after starting to write for BioNews to realise that research into fertility and conception is less about understanding their features or mechanisms, and far more about our undeniable, unassailable right to family...
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FILM: Sarah Norcross and Professor Sir Mark Caulfield discuss whole genome sequencing and genomic medicine
by BioNews
A conversation between Sarah Norcross (director of the Progress Educational Trust) and Professor Sir Mark Caulfield (outgoing chief scientist at Genomics England) about the past, present and future of NHS genomics...
Epigenetics and bioethics of human embryonic development: a birds' eye perspective
by Dr Birgit Kvernflaten and 2 others
It is becoming clear that our gene functions are influenced by a variety of 'epigenetic' factors throughout our lives and even before we are conceived...