Oregon scientists uncover sub-atomic instruments that produce DNA harm in sperm Kumar Jeetendra | October 25, 2020 University of Oregon biologists have used the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans to identify molecular mechanisms that produce DNA damage in sperm and contribute to male infertility following exposure to heat. In humans, the optimal temperature for sperm production is just below body temperature, in a range of approximately 90-95 degrees F. Human studies have found …
Study shows why children of obese moms have inclination to create metabolic illnesses Kumar Jeetendra | January 27, 2021 A Brazilian study published in the journal Molecular Human Reproduction helps understand why overweight mothers often have children with a propensity to develop metabolic disease during their lifetime, according to previous research. According to the authors,”transgenerational transmission of metabolic disorders” may be associated with Mfn2 deficiency in the mother’s oocytes (immature eggs). Mfn2 refers to …
Ladies treated with fertility drugs don’t have expanded breast cancer risk, study shows Kumar Jeetendra | June 21, 2021 Drugs frequently used during fertility treatments to release eggs don’t increase the chance of developing breast cancer, new research has shown. Researchers from King’s College London, in partnership with King’s Fertility, analyzed studies between 1.8 million women undergoing fertility treatments. These women were followed up in studies for a normal period of 27 years and …
Researchers develop another approach to grow little pancreas replicas Kumar Jeetendra | September 14, 2021 In collaboration with Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute scientists, engineers from MIT have created a new method to create tiny replicas of pancreas using healthy and cancerous pancreatic cell lines. These models could be used by researchers to test and develop potential treatments for pancreatic cancer. This is one of the most difficult types. Researchers …
