News tagged with eggs
Drugs needed to preserve eggs for reproduction need to be given in stages
Apr 29, 2009 |
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Cryoprotectants needed to preserve eggs for reproduction need to be given in stages, albeit rapid ones, say scientists who have developed a mathematical model that predicts optimal time for loading and unloading ...
Families flying toddlers to China for stem-cell treatments
Apr 29, 2009 |
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Driven mostly by hope, two California families will travel more than 6,000 miles to China for an experimental stem-cell treatment for their children.
S.Korea lifts ban on stem cell research
Apr 29, 2009 |
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South Korea on Wednesday conditionally lifted a ban on stem cell research using human eggs, three years after outlawing the practice because a scientist was found to have faked his work.
Alligators hint at what life may have been like for dinosaurs
Apr 17, 2009 |
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During the last 540 million years, the earth's oxygen levels have fluctuated wildly. Knowing that the dinosaurs appeared around the time when oxygen levels were at their lowest at 12%, Tomasz Owerkowicz, Ruth ...
Prehistoric turtle goes to hospital for CT scan in search for skull, eggs, embryos
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Apr 15, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Michael Knell carried a 75-million-year-old turtle into Bozeman Deaconess hospital recently, then laid it carefully on the bed that slides into the CT scanner.
Darwin egg from Beagle voyage found by museum volunteer
Apr 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An egg collected by Charles Darwin while on HMS Beagle - and thought to be the last such specimen known to exist - has been rediscovered by an octogenarian volunteer at Cambridge University's Zoology Museum.
Baby at the buzzer: Older couples race against their biological clocks to start families
Apr 10, 2009 |
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Kim Harper started a career before starting a family. After graduating from Michigan State University in 1990, she traveled, earned a law degree and began working as an attorney. When Harper married in 2006, she and her husband, ...
The egg makes sure that sperm don't get too old
Mar 25, 2009 |
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In contrast to women, men are fertile throughout life, but research at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, has now shown that a fertilising sperm can get help from the egg to rejuvenate. The result ...
New method of assessing women's eggs could enhance IVF success, study shows
Mar 23, 2009 |
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Many couples who have trouble conceiving a child have turned to a process known as in vitro fertilization. The resulting embryos are then transferred back into the woman or placed in storage. More than 400,000 embryos are ...
Jurassic Park from a Swiss lake?
Mar 12, 2009 |
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Ecological changes caused by humans affect natural biodiversity. For example, the eutrophication of Greifensee and Lake Constance in the 1970s and 1980s led to genetic changes in a species of water flea which ...
Egg-irony: High cholesterol food may reduce blood pressure
Feb 20, 2009 |
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Researchers in Canada are reporting evidence that eggs — often frowned upon for their high cholesterol content — may reduce another heart disease risk factor — high blood pressure.
New research shows high-quality protein in eggs contributes to power, strength and energy
Feb 17, 2009 |
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A research review published recently in Nutrition Today affirms that the high-quality protein in eggs makes a valuable contribution to muscle strength, provides a source of sustained energy and promotes satiety. High-quality protei ...
Animal eggs not suitable substitutes to produce stem cells
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Feb 02, 2009 |
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Since the cloning of Dolly the Sheep over a decade ago, somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) has been considered a promising way to generate human, patient-specific stem cells for therapeutic applications. The shortage of ...
Infidelity produces faster sperms
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Jan 20, 2009 |
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Until now, it has been difficult to prove that fast-swimming sperms have an advantage when it comes to fertilizing an egg. But now a research team at Uppsala University can demonstrate that unfaithful females of the cichlid ...
Most women report satisfaction with egg donation; some claim problems
Dec 17, 2008 |
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Two-thirds of women who donated eggs to fertility clinics reported satisfaction with the process, but 16 percent complained of subsequent physical symptoms and 20 percent reported lasting psychological effects, according ...
