New genetic test targets elusive cause of rare movement disorder

Scientists at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School have developed a targeted genetic test to improve ...

Genetic tool reveals chromosome changes linked to pregnancy loss

Pregnancy loss may occur in as many as 25% of all pregnancies. Most of these losses occur in the first trimester, and about ...

Termination of Down syndrome pregnancies continues to be high, which concerns advocates

Down Syndrome Awareness Month, observed every October since 1984, has come and gone this year with its mission of promoting ...
Winnipeg Free Press

Researchers turn human skin cells into eggs – but not yet usable ones

WASHINGTON (AP) — Oregon scientists used human skin cells to create fertilizable eggs, a step in the quest to develop lab-grown eggs or sperm to one day help people conceive. *No charge for 4 weeks ...
The Boston Globe

Researchers turn human skin cells into eggs — but not yet usable ones

WASHINGTON — Oregon scientists used human skin cells to create fertilizable eggs, a step in the quest to develop lab-grown eggs or sperm to one day help people conceive. But the experiment resulted in ...
CNN

Scientists use human skin cells to create functional eggs, opening a door to new infertility treatments

Scientists have used human skin cells to create fertilizable eggs capable of producing early embryos, an advance that could expand possibilities for fertility treatment, according to new research. The ...
STAT

Study links marijuana use during IVF to higher risk of abnormal embryos

Lev Facher covers the U.S. addiction and overdose crisis. Marijuana’s active ingredient was linked to higher rates of chromosomal abnormality in early embryos, according to new research, potentially ...
Medscape

Microarray-Based Prenatal Diagnosis for the Identification of Fetal Chromosome Abnormalities

JA Rosenfeld is an employee of Signature Genomic Laboratories, a subsidiary of PerkinElmer, Inc. The authors have no other relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or ...
WRAL

Fact check: Mace says people 'either have XX or XY chromosomes'

We often hear the expression that there are two kinds of people in this world. But that doesn’t always apply when it comes to categorizing people by their sex chromosomes. Other WRAL Top Stories "You ...
News Medical

ChromTR revolutionizes chromosome detection in metaphase cell images

ChromTR, a cutting-edge framework for chromosome detection in metaphase cell images, represents a significant advancement in the field of cytogenetics. This framework, which integrates semantic ...