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British scientists in Newcastle claim they’ve achieved another milestone in biomedical research – creating a human sperm in the lab for the very first time.
How human sperm is created.
Using stem cells from a human embryo, they simulated the crucial process of meiosis, a type of cell division that splits the number of chromosomes into half. [...]
A new technique that rapidly screens for genetic abnormalities in IVF embryos has borne fruit. A 41-year old woman in the UK is pregnant using this technique after going through 13 unsuccessful IVF cycles, according to Nature News.
The array comparative genomic hybridization can now screen rapidly eggs which are not deemed viable due to chromosomal [...]
In this day and age when prenatal diagnostics like amniocentesis and chorionic villus sampling (CVS), and prenatal genetic testing are easily available and more reliable, more and more British women are actually choosing to carry to term a baby with Down’s syndrome than abort it, according to this report in the Daily Mail.
The screening for [...]
We have a new scapegoat. Turns out, it isn’t our own fault if our little kids get fat. Just blame it on Tony the Tiger. A consumer watchdog agency in Great Britain, known as Which?, berated the so-called cartoon villains for promoting poor eating habits in children.
On the list of bad guys is Tony the [...]
The Equality Bill will be released in England and Wales later this year. One aspect of this is that it will be illegal to stop a woman from breast feeding a baby under six months in a public place. Currently, if women feed their babies they can potentially be charged under public order or indecency [...]
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