Alcohol consumption during pregnancy has been linked to poor growth of the placenta, causing conditions such as fetal growth restriction and low birth weight. Although most women cease drinking once they know they are pregnant, ...
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Genes linked to autism and schizophrenia are only switched on during the early stages of brain development, according to a study in mice led by researchers at the University of Oxford.
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Our bodies hold roughly 14 trillion cells, each containing a nucleus with DNA measuring two meters long by 20 atoms wide. To fit inside each nucleus, DNA coils around specialized proteins. These spools of wrapped DNA inhibit ...
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By genetically testing nearly 1,000 embryos, scientists have provided the most detailed analysis of embryo fate following human in vitro fertilization.
Oct 1, 2023
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The presence of an abnormal number of chromosomes in the genetic profile of early-stage embryos may be far more common—and potentially less threatening—during normal human development than is currently appreciated, according ...
Jul 8, 2020
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Children born via frozen embryo transfer have similar metabolic profiles to those born via fresh embryo transfer, according to a study published June 6 in the open-access journal PLOS Medicine by Linlin Cui and Zi-Jiang Chen ...
Jun 6, 2024
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(Medical Xpress)—A team of researchers working at the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a means for tweaking a deep sequencing technique that allows for profiling mouse oocytes and early embryos. In their paper ...
A new IVF-based technique is likely to lead to normal pregnancies and reduce the risk that babies born will have mitochondrial disease, according to researchers at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Mitochondrial Disease at Newcastle ...
Jun 8, 2016
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Fetal alcohol exposure at any stage of pregnancy can lead to congenital malformations, as well as cognitive, behavioral, and emotional impairments in offspring. New research conducted in mice and published in The FASEB Journal ...
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How did your heart form? What triggered your first heartbeat? To this day, the mechanisms of human heart development remain elusive.
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