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Researchers explore the origin of the body axis in animals

Egg cells start out as round blobs. After fertilization, they begin transforming into people, dogs, fish, or other animals by orienting head to tail, back to belly, and left to right.

5 Feb 2021

Zinc supplements can improve infertility issues during COVID-19 pandemic

Wayne State University School of Medicine researchers have reported that zinc supplements for men and women attempting to conceive either naturally or through assisted reproduction during the COVID-19 pandemic may prevent mitochondrial damage in young egg and sperm cells, as well as enhance immunity against the virus.

5 Feb 2021

VirtaMed launches surgical gynecology simulation suite

VirtaMed has the world leading validated simulator for hysteroscopy training, and an innovative solution for the acquisition of laparoscopic skills.

From VirtaMed 2 Feb 2021

Synthetic biology can help create complex embryo

Richard Feynman, one of the most respected physicists of the twentieth century, said "What I cannot create, I do not understand". Not surprisingly, many physicists and mathematicians have observed fundamental biological processes with the aim of precisely identifying the minimum ingredients that could generate them. One such example are the patterns of nature observed by Alan Turing.

2 Feb 2021

RPS-12 protein overproduction appears to trigger breast cancer and other malignancies

Using the developing eye of the fruit fly as a test platform, researchers found that RPS-12 protein overproduction appears to trigger triple-negative breast cancer and possibly some other malignancies.

29 Jan 2021

Researchers identify new strategy to protect offspring from prenatal stress

New research from the University of Iowa and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center demonstrates that offspring can be protected from the effects of prenatal stress by administering a neuroprotective compound during pregnancy.

29 Jan 2021

UC research team uses zebrafish to study a gene mutation that causes congenital scoliosis

Popular in aquariums all over the world, the zebrafish is native to South Asia. But here in a Cincinnati Children's laboratory, the freshwater variant plays a vital role in scientific discovery.

22 Jan 2021

Researchers discover rare genetic disorder that affects the brain, heart and facial features

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have discovered a new genetic disorder characterized by developmental delays and malformations of the brain, heart and facial features.

20 Jan 2021

Researchers produce first African lion in-vitro embryos after vitrification of immature oocytes

A team of scientists from the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (Leibniz-IZW) inGermany, Givskud Zoo - Zootopia in Denmark and the University of Milan in Italy succeeded in producing the very first African lionin-vitroembryos after the vitrification of immature oocytes.

18 Jan 2021

MVA SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidate shows strong immunogenicity in preclinical trials

A new study reports the preclinical testing of a recombinant MVA (rMVA) candidate vaccine against SARS-CoV-2, the agent that is causing the current COVID-19 pandemic.

14 Jan 2021

Vimentin could be a major co-factor that aids SARS-CoV-2 infection

A recent study has found that extracellular vimentin can bind to SARS-CoV-2 spike protein in vitro, and antibodies against vimentin can decrease virus infectivity by up to 80%. This suggests vimentin could aid the virus’s binding to host cells and help in infection.

11 Jan 2021

Cancer cells hibernate to survive harsh environment created by chemotherapy

Tapping into an ancient evolutionary survival mechanism, cancer cells enter into a sluggish, slow-dividing state to survive the harsh environment created by chemotherapy or other targeted agents.

7 Jan 2021

Study shows why food-ingredient-based pesticide is effective against spider mites

Scientists have uncovered why a food-ingredient-based pesticide made from safflower and cottonseed oils is effective against two-spotted spider mites that attack over a thousand species of plants while sparing the mites' natural predators.

7 Jan 2021

Researchers receive $2.1 million NIH grant to study causes of congenital heart defects

Congenital heart defects are the most common type of birth defect, affecting nearly 1% of births in the United States each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Doctors have been unable to lower that number due to a lack of knowledge about their source.

5 Jan 2021

Researchers resolve mysteries about the function of key gene-silencing protein

A long-running debate over how an important gene-silencing protein identifies its targets has been resolved by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH).

4 Jan 2021

Novel computational tool can systematically analyze cell images in C. elegans

A joint research team co-led by City University of Hong Kong (CityU) has developed a novel computational tool that can reconstruct and visualise three-dimensional (3D) shapes and temporal changes of cells, speeding up the analysing process from hundreds of hours by hand to a few hours by the computer.

23 Dec 2020

Embryo News and Research

Researchers explore the origin of the body axis in animals

Zinc supplements can improve infertility issues during COVID-19 pandemic

VirtaMed launches surgical gynecology simulation suite

Synthetic biology can help create complex embryo

RPS-12 protein overproduction appears to trigger breast cancer and other malignancies

Researchers identify new strategy to protect offspring from prenatal stress

UC research team uses zebrafish to study a gene mutation that causes congenital scoliosis

Researchers discover rare genetic disorder that affects the brain, heart and facial features

Researchers produce first African lion in-vitro embryos after vitrification of immature oocytes

MVA SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidate shows strong immunogenicity in preclinical trials

Vimentin could be a major co-factor that aids SARS-CoV-2 infection

Cancer cells hibernate to survive harsh environment created by chemotherapy

Study shows why food-ingredient-based pesticide is effective against spider mites

Researchers receive $2.1 million NIH grant to study causes of congenital heart defects

Researchers resolve mysteries about the function of key gene-silencing protein

Novel computational tool can systematically analyze cell images in C. elegans

Researchers discover protein that adjusts gene activity to match nutrient levels in roundworms

Researchers explain the role of enzyme that facilitates appropriate development of mouse embryo

Study explores new parasitic worm that affects reproduction in Caribbean spiny lobster

Research breakthrough dispels concerns that human stem cells contain cancer-causing mutations

How Omics Technologies Are Transforming Biological Research and Drug Discovery

How microplastics and bacteria interact to drive antibiotic resistance

Single-cell proteomics: Revealing proteome diversity from cellular heterogeneity to non-canonical biology

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