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Essential protein for the formation of new blood vessels identified

New research explains how cells regulate their bonds during the development of new blood vessels. For the first time, the role of the protein Raf-1 in determining the strength of the bond between cells has ...

Medical research created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New research finds ideal number of embryos to implant during assisted conception

(Medical Xpress) -- Controversy exists over how many embryos should be implanted during assisted conception (in-vitro fertilisation/IVF) therapy. New research by the University of Bristol and published in ...

Other created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study finds no better odds using 3 embryos in IVF

A new study of fertility treatment found that women who get three or more embryos have no better odds of having a baby than those who get just two embryos.

Other created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New practice model may reduce miscarriage after assisted reproduction

Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services today announced the publication of an article in the December issue of Reproductive BioMedicine Online about miscar ...

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Novel technique could help boost IVF success and reduce multiple pregnancies

A new technique successfully used in mice to identify embryos likely to result in a successful pregnancy could be used in humans, potentially boosting IVF success rates and helping to reduce the number of multiple births ...

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Scientists record electrical currents that control male fertility

Performance anxiety? Not for this human sperm.

Medical research created Dec 29, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Mutation in gene that's critical for human development linked to arrhythmia

Arrhythmia is a potentially life-threatening problem with the rate or rhythm of the heartbeat, causing it to go too fast, too slow or to beat irregularly. Arrhythmia affects millions of people worldwide.

Genetics created Dec 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Jamb and Jamc are essential proteins for the fusion of muscle cells: study

Researchers at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute have discovered two proteins that are essential for the fusion of muscle cells to build muscle fibres. Their discovery might help us better understand and treat illnesses ...

Medical research created Dec 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Cleft lip corrected genetically in mouse model

Scientists at Weill Cornell Medical College used genetic methods to successfully repair cleft lips in mice embryos specially engineered for the study of cleft lip and cleft palate. The research breakthrough may show the way ...

Genetics created Nov 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Embryo development discovery

(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers have uncovered a novel mechanism they have termed ‘developmental stalling’, that might explain how errors in the development of human embryos are naturally corrected ...

Medical research created Nov 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Increasing uterine expression of developmental genes may improve IVF success

New research in Developmental Cell suggests that increasing expression of certain developmental genes at precise times in the uterus might improve pregnancy rates from in vitro fertilization-embryo transfers (IVF-ET), which ...

Medical research created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

First US embryonic stem cell trial is halted

The first-ever trial using human embryonic stem cells to treat paralysis has been halted due to high costs and the company will focus instead on new cancer treatments, Geron said Tuesday.

Medical research created Nov 15, 2011 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Stem cell therapy for diabetes still a long way off

Ever since scientists started talking about the potential of embryonic stem cells, curing Type 1 diabetes has been a dear dream.

Medical research created Nov 11, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers grow pituitary glands from embryonic stem cells

(Medical Xpress) -- A new study published in Nature reports that scientists have been able to grow working pituitary glands from embryonic stem cells from mice. When these were transplanted into mice with defects in the pi ...

Medical research created Nov 10, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast report

Autistic facial characteristics identified

The face and brain develop in coordination, with each influencing the other, beginning in the embryo and continuing through adolescence. Now, University of Missouri researchers have found distinct differences ...

Medical research created Oct 20, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 2 | with audio podcast