Women with sickle cell not given adequate information about reproductive health
A knowledge gap may mean that women and girls living with sickle cell disease are not getting the best reproductive healthcare...
News
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
IVF pregnancies do not require routine fetal echocardiogram monitoring
Contrary to current recommendations in the USA, routine fetal echocardiogram screening may not be needed for the majority of IVF pregnancies...
Artificial intelligence predicts structure of human proteins
Three-dimensional human protein structures have been predicted using artificial intelligence...
NIPT may be less effective in twin pregnancies
Non-invasive prenatal testing to detect chromosomal abnormalities in twin pregnancies is not as accurate as in singleton pregnancies...
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.
US funding boost for single-gene disorder research
A consortium has been established to support US researchers in innovating and implementing state-of-the-art techniques to understand the genetic causes of single-gene diseases...
Image by Sílvia Ferreira, Cristina Lopo and Eileen Gentleman via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a single human stem cell embedded within a porous hydrogel matrix (false colour).
Stem cell model reveals how SARS-CoV-2 infects the brain
A stem cell model has been developed to highlight the route of infection of the brain by SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19...
Reviews
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.
Podcast Review: Ingenious
The jargon-free BBC4 genetics podcast series, Ingenious, exposes the history and future of research into a selection of genes...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
Podcast Review: SART Fertility Experts – Behind the scenes in the IVF lab
Speaking as someone who is firmly a layman regarding IVF clinics and their inner workings, I was interested to learn about how the labs of IVF clinics operate...
Comment
Why are there lower IVF success rates for black women?
by Antonette Milligan
When the Human Fertility and Embryology Authority published data in March showing black patients had the lowest chances of successful treatment in the UK, it came as no surprise to me at all...