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Read more at: Low levels of oxygen in the womb may cause fertility issues in daughters

Low levels of oxygen in the womb may cause fertility issues in daughters

The research, led by scientists at the University of Cambridge, found that exposing fetuses to chronic hypoxia (low oxygen levels) during development led to them having advanced ageing of the ovaries and fewer eggs available. Hypoxia in the womb can be caused by a number of factors, including smoking, pre-eclampsia...

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Read more at: ‘The Stem Cells and Society Seminar Series'

‘The Stem Cells and Society Seminar Series'

Addressing key discussions on stem cells and molecular biology and introducing early career researchers in life sciences to topics in the social sciences. Those wishing to participate should fill out the expression of interest form and provide a 100 word statement on why they would like to participate. Places are extremely...

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Read the full article here at: 'Inclusion and exclusion in the history of developmental biology'

'Inclusion and exclusion in the history of developmental biology'

Development has published a 'spotlight' piece, which 'sketches a history of how developmental biology has been different from the comparative, human and even experimental embryologies that preceded it, as well as the embryology that was institutionalized in reproductive biology and medicine around the same time.'

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Read the full article here at: Call for moratorium on germline gene editing - Nature - March 2019 Edition

Call for moratorium on germline gene editing - Nature - March 2019 Edition

Eric Lander and colleagues call for the "establishment of an international framework in which nations, while retaining the right to make their own decisions, voluntarily commit to not approve any use of clinical germline editing unless certain conditions are met."

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About us

This new Strategic Research Initiative explores the urgent challenges posed by reproduction today.

We facilitate close engagement between the arts, humanities and social sciences, biology and medicine. By approaching reproduction collectively and across disciplines, we offer fresh perspectives on broad issues which range from global policies to those which affect individuals, families and populations.

 

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Smoking and pre-eclampsia may cause fertility problems for offspring, study suggests

23 April 2019

Collaborative studies between research groups at the Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience and Professor Sue Ozanne's in the Clinical School have yielded a paper published in FASEB J which has also had press interest.

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