http://www.generef.com/ GeneRef - Science News, Genomics, Bioinformatics, Nanotechnology, A Global Resource en-us Fri, 3 Jul 2009 16:35:01 PDT kcowing@spaceref.com (Keith Cowing) mkboucher@spaceref.com (Marc Boucher) Copyright 2009, SpaceRef Interactive Inc. http://www.generef.com/images/generef.sm.jpg http://www.generef.com/ 100 25 GeneRef - Science News, Genomics, Bioinformatics, Nanotechnology, A Global Resource http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66951 http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66951 ... How is that achieved?" Chien asked. EARLY HEART STEM CELLS. ... And it turns out the human heart develops from patches of these early heart stem cells. ... Thu, 2 Jul 2009 10:21:02 PDT http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66946 http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66946 New research out of Wake Forest University School of Medicine provides for the first time a solid scientific answer for the long-standing question of whether there is an association between preterm birth and brain malformations. Thu, 2 Jul 2009 09:18:16 PDT http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66924 http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66924 ... Researchers thought these cells must be pluripotent stem cells -- the body's master cells, which retain the ability to start growing into any kind of cell in ... Wed, 1 Jul 2009 17:21:02 PDT http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66900 http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66900 * To focus on human embryonic stem cells. * Products would be used to test developing drug safety. * Technology is controversial in United States. ... Wed, 1 Jul 2009 10:21:02 PDT http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66874 http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66874 For the first time, scientists have shown that chromosomal abnormalities are present in more than 90 percent of IVF embryos, even those produced by young, fertile couples Wed, 1 Jul 2009 04:18:23 PDT http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66851 http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66851 * To focus on human embryonic stem cells * Products would be used to test developing drug safety * Technology is controversial in United States * Geron shares ... Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:21:02 PDT http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66842 http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66842 * To focus on human embryonic stem cells. * Products would be used to test developing drug safety. * Technology is controversial in United States. ... Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:21:02 PDT http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66814 http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66814 In a surprise finding, they said genes important for forming muscle cells in embryos and newborns are not normally active in adult stem cells. ... Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:21:02 PDT http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66806 http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66806 Women who have a diminished number of eggs in their ovaries, either because they are older or for some other reason such as ovarian surgery, may be more at risk of a trisomic pregnancy than women with an ovarian reserve within the normal, fertile range, D Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:18:16 PDT http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66807 http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66807 Daily sex (or ejaculating daily) for seven days improves men's sperm quality by reducing the amount of DNA damage, according to an Australian study presented to the ESHRE conference. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:18:16 PDT http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66808 http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66808 Women with cystic fibrosis can have fertility treatment to help them have babies without any long-term adverse effects on either themselves or their children, French researchers have found. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:18:16 PDT http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66809 http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66809 Transferring just one embryo at a time to a woman's womb after embryos have undergone preimplantation genetic diagnosis and freezing at the blastocyst stage has become a real option after British researchers achieved pregnancy rates that were as good as Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:18:16 PDT http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66810 http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66810 One-step screening for both genetic and chromosomal abnormalities has come a stage closer as scientists announced that an embryo test they have been developing has successfully screened cells taken from spare embryos that were known to have cystic fibrosi Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:18:16 PDT http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66797 http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66797 A major new trial recently published in the journal Fertility and Sterility shows that for couples beginning infertility treatments, an accelerated path to in-vitro fertilization can offer a shorter time to pregnancy, cost savings of nearly $10,000, and a Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:18:16 PDT http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66728 http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66728 Analysis of the longest running ICSI program in the United States has found reassuring evidence that babies born from frozen embryos fertilized via ICSI (intracytoplasmic sperm injection) do just as well as those born from frozen embryos fertilized via st Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:18:15 PDT http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66729 http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66729 A new test examining chromosomes in human eggs a few hours after fertilization can identify those that are capable of forming a healthy baby. The team's work had already enabled seven ongoing pregnancies in a group of older women with a history of multip Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:18:15 PDT http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66730 http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66730 Researchers from Spain have found that the high-intensity training undertaken by triathletes has a significant impact on the quality of their sperm. Those triathletes who did the most cycling training had the worst sperm morphology, and positive measures Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:18:15 PDT http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66731 http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66731 Ultra-fast freezing of ovarian tissue from women who have lost their fertility as a result of cancer treatment can lead to it being used in transplants with the same success rate as fresh tissue. This technique has already produced pregnancies, and repres Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:18:15 PDT http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66732 http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66732 On June 22, a baby girl was born to a mother who had been menopausal for two years as a result of treatment for sickle cell anemia, after a new, two-step method of ovarian transplant that worked to restore ovarian function quickly. It is the first birth a Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:18:15 PDT http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66723 http://www.generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=66723 Dutch researchers have found the first evidence that a process of inactivating the X chromosome during embryo development and implantation, which was known to occur in mice but unknown in humans, does, in fact, take place in human female embryos prior to Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:18:29 PDT