New research by a scientist at the Milner Center for Evolution at the University of Bath suggests that "selfish chromosomes" explain why most human embryos die very early on. The study, published in PLoS Biology, explaining ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Jul 5, 2022
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Assisted reproductive technology, known as ART, is the umbrella term to describe fertility treatments that involve eggs and embryos. Many people turn to ART techniques like in vitro fertilization to resolve fertility problems, ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 22, 2022
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DNA regulation is a critical process in a cell that allows it to fulfill its function. This process is key during pregnancy, when embryonic cells must develop into all cell types needed to form an embryo. An international ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 13, 2022
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A new study co-led by a Cedars-Sinai investigator has identified a gene that plays an important role in a biological pathway involved in embryo development. The gene's impact at the cellular level could explain why some babies ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 24, 2022
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Alternative splicing is a fundamental biological process that allows cells to make many different types of mRNAs and proteins from a limited number of genes. For many animals, including humans, it is a feature that is essential ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Apr 13, 2022
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Researchers from the Babraham Institute have today published their latest work in the journal Cell Stem Cell describing a new subset of human embryonic stem cells that closely resemble the cells present at the genomic 'wake ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Feb 24, 2022
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The finding that some genes are active from the get-go challenges the textbook view that genes don't become active in human embryos until they are made up of four-to-eight cells, two or three days after fertilization.
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 21, 2021
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Since 1978 when the first test tube baby was born, in vitro fertilization (IVF) has become a reasonable option for couples that have trouble getting pregnant. Originally developed to help women with obstructed tubes, the ...
Biotechnology
Dec 2, 2021
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Scientists are using human stem cells to create a structure that mimics a pre-embryo and can serve as a research alternative to a real one.
Molecular & Computational biology
Dec 2, 2021
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In embryo research, the "14-day rule" has been considered paramount in ethics research. Regardless of it being a law or guideline in their respective countries, all ethical scientists respect it as a de facto international ...
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Sep 16, 2021
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