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Congenital heart defects could have their origin during very early pregnancy

The origins of congenital heart defects could be traced right back to the first stages of embryonic development, according to University of East Anglia (UEA) research.

Cardiology created Dec 13, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Gene knockout stops immune cell development

(Medical Xpress)—Researchers at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute have identified the key gene in ensuring that our immune defences develop infection-fighting cells. No cells of the adaptive immune system ...

Immunology created Dec 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Embryo-analysis technique may boost in vitro fertilization success

(Medical Xpress)—Stanford University School of Medicine researchers have devised a two-part approach to identify developing human embryos most likely to result in successful pregnancies. The technique could transform the ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology created Dec 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

'Junk DNA' drives embryonic development

An embryo is an amazing thing. From just one initial cell, an entire living, breathing body emerges, full of working cells and organs. It comes as no surprise that embryonic development is a very carefully ...

Genetics created Dec 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 21 | with audio podcast

Study helps resolve debate about how tumors spread

A team of scientists, led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, has shown for the first time how cancer cells control the ON/OFF switch of a program used by developing ...

Cancer created Nov 29, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New assessment reveals value of second embryo biopsy for women of advanced maternal age

An elegant new study confirms that the most commonly used method of screening for embryo abnormalities following in vitro fertilization (IVF) does accurately predict the success of embryo transplantation for younger women, ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology created Nov 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Egg freezing producing more births than when fresh eggs used, study finds

Advances in egg freezing techniques are producing pregnancy rates and healthy babies comparable to the rates seen with in vitro fertilization (IVF) using fresh eggs, according to a recent report by the American Society for ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology created Nov 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

US scientists make embryos with 2 women, 1 man

(AP)—Scientists in the U.S. have created embryos with genes from one man and two women, using a provocative technique that someday could be used to prevent babies from inheriting certain rare incurable diseases.

Medical research created Oct 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 4

About face: Long-ignored segments of DNA play role in early stages of face development

(Medical Xpress)—The human face is a fantastically intricate thing. The billions of people on the planet have faces that are individually recognizable because each has subtle differences in its folds and ...

Genetics created Oct 22, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Space station and space flight gravity influence immune system development

New research findings recently published in The FASEB Journal, show that immune system development is affected by gravity changes, as reported by researchers from the University of Lorraine and University of Lux ...

Immunology created Oct 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers generate thyroid tissue using mice stem cells

(Medical Xpress)—Researchers in Brussels, with assistance from U.S. colleagues, have succeeded in generating thyroid tissue using mice embryonic stem cells. A procedure involving grafting new tissue onto a disabled thyroid ...

Medical research created Oct 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast weblog

Cell reprogramming: much promise, many hurdles

Research in reprogrammed cells, which on Monday earned the 2012 Nobel Prize, has been hailed as a new dawn for regenerative medicine but remains troubled by several clouds. ...

Medical research created Oct 08, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Inheritance of mitochondrial disease determined when mother is still an embryo

(Medical Xpress)—The risk of a child to inherit mitochondrial diseases - i. e. malfunction in what is usually referred to as the power plants of the cell - is largely decided when the future mother herself is still an embryo. ...

Genetics created Oct 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

In cancer, an embryonic gene-silencing mechanism gone awry

There are some genes that are only activated in the very first days of an embryo's existence. Once they have accomplished their task, they are shut down forever, unlike most of our genes, which remain active throughout our ...

Genetics created Oct 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Imaging of retinal development provides more clues to neural complexities (w/ Video)

(Medical Xpress)—With an incredible diversity of cell types, the central nervous system (CNS), comprising the brain, spinal cord and retina, can be considered to be the most complex organ in the body. Professor Bill Harris, ...

Medical research created Sep 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast