News tagged with human reproduction

From embryonic stem cells, a sperm replacement and easier path to genetic modification

Researchers reporting in the April 27 issue of the journal Cell have devised a new and improved method for producing genetically modified animals for use in scientific research. The method relies on haploi ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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Malaria parasite goes bananas before sex: new study

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research from the University of Melbourne shows how the malaria parasite (Plasmodium falciparum) changes into a banana shape before sexual reproduction, a finding that could provide target ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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New taste for Thai elephant meat

(AP) -- A new taste for eating elephant meat - everything from trunks to sex organs - has emerged in Thailand and could pose a new threat to the survival of the species.

Biology / Other

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UC research examines eugenics past and present, driven by race, class, economics

the science of improving the human population via selective breeding or reproduction – is not a concept confined to past centuries and decades, nor to locales outside the United States.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

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Overweight men have poorer sperm count

Overweight or obese men, like their female counterparts, have a lower chance of becoming a parent, according to a comparison of sperm quality presented at a European fertility meeting Monday.

Medicine & Health / Overweight and Obesity

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Higher chance of twins after IVF for taller women: study

Taller women who become pregnant after receiving two embryos through in-vitro fertilisation have more chance of giving birth to twins, a Dutch study presented Monday found.

Medicine & Health / Other

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Biologists discover how yeast cells reverse aging

Human cells have a finite lifespan: They can only divide a certain number of times before they die. However, that lifespan is reset when reproductive cells are formed, which is why the children of a 20-year-old ...

Biology / Biotechnology

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Obesity increases the risk of fetal and infant death, and the risk of complications after hysterectomy

Women who are obese during early pregnancy have a significantly increased risk of their baby dying before, during or up to one year after birth, according to research published in Europe's leading reproductive medicine journal ...

Medicine & Health / Health

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Researchers insert identification codes into mouse embryos

Spanish researchers from the Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology at Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (UAB), in collaboration with researchers from the Institute of Microelectronics of Barcelona (IMB-CNM) ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

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Mild painkillers in pregnancy associated with increased risk of male reproductive problems

New evidence has emerged that the use of mild painkillers such as paracetamol, aspirin and ibuprofen, may be part of the reason for the increase in male reproductive disorders in recent decades. Research published in Europe's ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 08, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Parental infertility and cerebral palsy in children born spontaneously or after IVF/ICSI

Doctors have known for some time that children born after fertility treatments such as in vitro fertilisation (IVF) or intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) are at increased risk of cerebral palsy. However, it was not known ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 03, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Exposure to BPA associated with reduced semen quality

Increasing urine BPA (Bisphenol-A) level was significantly associated with decreased sperm concentration, decreased total sperm count, decreased sperm vitality and decreased sperm motility, according to a Kaiser Permanente ...

Medicine & Health / Health

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Genetics work could lead to advances in fertility for women

Princeton scientists have identified genes responsible for controlling reproductive life span in worms and found they may control genes regulating similar functions in humans.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Oct 22, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Reproductive health: Checkerboard of infertility treatment in Europe

European patients are in many countries, in fact, limited in their individual choice of medically assisted reproduction (MAR) treatment, experts from the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) stressed ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 06, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Vatican: Nobel to IVF pioneer raises questions

(AP) -- The Vatican's top bioethics official said Robert Edwards, who received the Nobel Prize in medicine Monday for developing in vitro fertilization, opened "a new and important chapter in the field of hum ...

Medicine & Health / Other

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Human reproduction

Human reproduction is any form of sexual reproduction resulting in the conception of a child, typically involving sexual intercourse between a man and a woman. During sexual intercourse, the interaction between the male reproductive system and the female reproductive system results in fertilization of the woman's ovum by the man's sperm, which after a gestation period is followed by childbirth. The fertilization of the ovum may nowadays be achieved by artificial insemination methods, which do not involve sexual intercourse.

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