All Articles Tagged As: embryos

Study Provides New Data About The Laws Governing Embryo Development In Organisms (7/16/2007)

Research aimed at understanding the mechanisms underlying embryo development has taken a step forward thanks to collaborative work between biologists specialized in the study of the fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) and scientists specialized in the design of mathematical models that simulate the functioning of biological systems. ...> Full Article

First Baby Is Born After Oocytes Were Matured In The Lab And Frozen (7/8/2007)

The first baby to be created from an egg that had been matured in the laboratory, frozen, thawed and then fertilised, has been born in Canada. Three other women are pregnant by the same process. The research was presented to the 23rd annual meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology today (Monday 2 July). ...> Full Article

Extracting Eggs From Pre-pubertal Cancer Patients Brings Hope For Future Fertility (7/7/2007)

Scientists in Israel have been able to obtain and freeze eggs from the ovarian tissue of girls as young as 5 years old, the 23rd annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology was told today (Tuesday 3 July). Dr. Ariel Revel, from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel, said that the growing number of survivors of childhood cancers meant that such techniques would become increasingly important in preserving fertility in young patients. ...> Full Article

Research May Boost IVF Success Rate (5/15/2007)

Higher success rates for in-vitro fertilization may result from a University PhD student's research into measurements to assess the quality of eggs. Gabe Redding, who graduates with a Doctor of Philosophy in bioprocess engineering this afternoon, described his research as a novel integration of reproductive biology and engineering. ...> Full Article

Researchers Working to Understand Embryonic Development (5/15/2007)

In science, proximity can produce serendipity. That has certainly been the experience of Judith White and Douglas DeSimone, professors in the Department of Cell Biology. Because of their proximity, they were able to perceive that areas of their research had overlapped, encouraging them to collaborate on a project that ultimately may produce a new tool to fight birth defects. "This collaboration is the real deal," DeSimone comments. "It's tremendously rewarding and productive." ...> Full Article

Many Couples Choose To Donate Surplus Embryos For Stem Cell Research (4/29/2007)

Nearly 50% of couples who were interviewed at least 3 years after undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) chose to donate their surplus, stored embryos for stem cell research, according to a report by the Spanish Stem Cell Bank in an April 26, 2007, advanced online publication of Cell Stem Cell, a new publication of Cell Press in affiliation with the International Society for Stem Cell Research. ...> Full Article

Britain considers banning hybrid stem cell research (1/8/2007)

Britain's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, the country's independent regulator of fertility and embryo research, is set to announce on Thursday whether to ban research to create human embryos from animal eggs. ...> Full Article

Cow eggs fused with human DNA (11/8/2006)

Researchers from Newcastle University and Kings College, London, have applied for permission from the Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority in Great Britain for a three-year license to create embryos by fusing human DNA with cow eggs. ...> Full Article

Cloning Human Egg Donor Plan (2/15/2006)

The British Human Fertility and Embryology Authority is continuing a debate on the potential creation of a new policy to govern the practice of soliciting, collecting and researching unfertilized human embryo's. The latest meeting concluded with the committee requesting additional information they feel is needed in order to make a decision. ...> Full Article

Expert to clone embryos (2/8/2005)

Clone researcher, professor Ian Wilmut and the Kings College London scientists have been granted licence to clone human embyos for studying motor neurone disease. Professor Wilmut is responsible for creating the first animal clone "Dolly". ...> Full Article