Don't worry, be happy
A study by researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), has shown that anxiety and stress can lessen the chances of fertility treatments being successful. Hillary Klonoff-Cohen and colleagues found that women who are anxious about the medical aspects of IVF produce 20 per cent fewer eggs than...
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Do parthenogenetic mice spell the end of men?
by Dr Jess Buxton
Does the birth of the world's first 'parthenogenetic' mouse, created using eggs from two female mice, really mean that men will soon be redundant? Well, no - if anything, it confirms that for mammals, sexual reproduction is the only way to make babies, thanks to a phenomenon known as imprinting. Last...