Archive for the ‘Fertility’ Category
Thursday, April 24th, 2008
March 19 -- The benefits of folate for women in preventing birth defects are well known, but new research suggests the nutrient also boosts sperm health.Men with relatively low levels of folate had increased risks for sperm containing either too few or too many chromosomes, according to researchers at ...
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Sunday, April 13th, 2008
Professor Christine Mummery, one of the world's leading heart stem cell experts, honoured the memory of Dame Anne McLaren in the keynote lecture of the inaugural UK National Stem Cell Network Science Meeting in Edinburgh. Dr McLaren was an early pioneer of the study of embryonic germ cells and her ...
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Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
Small molecules known as miRNAs, which are generated naturally by the body, regulate the conversion of genetic information into proteins. New data, generated by Jiahuai Han and colleagues, at The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, have now indicated that miRNAs can control the fertility of female mice.The generation of miRNAs ...
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Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
This year's National Infertility Day (NID) conference recognises 30 years of IVF by welcoming as our opening speaker Professor Robert Edwards, who alongside his late colleague Sir Patrick Steptoe was one of the pioneers of IVF. In addition we are delighted to also welcome Professor Andre Van Steirteghem, the pioneer ...
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Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
There's been a heated response to plans to update the 1990 Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act which governs all aspects of the artificial creation of embryos for fertility treatment and their use in research. As the debate unfolds in the media, MRC Chief Executive Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, speaks out ...
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Saturday, March 29th, 2008
Polar body diagnosis can make artificial fertilization more successful, according to Katrin and Hans van der Ven and Markus Montag of Bonn University Clinic, writing in the current edition of Deutsches Arzteblatt International (Dtsch Arztebl Int 2008; 105[11]: 190-6).If the two polar bodies in an egg cell are examined, it ...
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Thursday, March 27th, 2008
Muslims, as well as many Christians, MPs, doctors and parents, are very concerned about the new EMBRYO BILL, which will shortly be voted on in the House of Commons. The bill, called The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill, will if enacted allow for many immoral, inhumane and undesirable procedures and ...
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Wednesday, March 26th, 2008
The healthcare implications of being born premature are much broader and reach further into adulthood than previously thought, according to a long-term study of more than a million men and women by Duke University and Norwegian researchers.Preterm birth contributes to several long-term quality of health issues, including lower educational achievement, ...
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Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
Women who have tried to conceive using in vitro fertilization (IVF) methods are painfully aware that timing is of the essence. There are cancelled vacations, too many sick days taken from work, and the necessity to plan everything around "the treatment."But thanks to a Tel Aviv University study, trying for ...
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Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Feb.8 -- Women undergoing in vitro fertilization can increase their chances of becoming pregnant by up to 65 percent if they also have acupuncture, a preliminary study suggests.About 10 percent to 15 percent of couples have difficulty conceiving, and many opt for in vitro fertilization, in which a woman's ...
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