Paternal diet before conception influences child’s health
Small RNA molecules present in sperm are induced by diet and passed from father to child during fertilization. THE ESSENTIAL ...
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Cancer: would it be possible to deactivate certain genes before birth?
After fertilization, genes in mouse embryos are activated in a predefined order and the triggers responsible are linked to cancer. ...
Read moreFirst in France: preimplantation diagnosis authorized for a BRCA1 gene
Several recent cases have placed medical decision-making at the heart of societal debates. Whether it's Vincent Lambert's long end-of-life journey ...
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Woman gives birth to twins from different fathers
Two twins have different fathers. This rare phenomenon, called "heteroparental superfertilization", occurs when there is successive fertilization during the same ...
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In vitro fertilization: a risky test for the couple
© iStockPhotoAll parents know that the arrival of a child is often a test for the couple, and that it ...
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How sperm get accepted by the female immune response
When they arrive in the woman's body, the sperm send signals to the reproductive tissues to be accepted by the ...
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Oocytes obtained from stem cells
The modification of the activation of eight genes made it possible to obtain from stem cells oocytes capable of fertilization. ...
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Male contraception: an injection would provide protection for more than ten years
An Indian team is working on an injectable formula, the effectiveness of which is not linked to hormones. It could ...
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Sperm move like otters
A new study reveals that sperm, equipped with a wavy tail allowing them to move, have an attitude that is ...
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There is an “ideal” season to get pregnant
Researchers have found that seasonality may play a role in the likelihood of fertilization.Does fecundability vary seasonally? This is the ...
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Receptors on uterine cells involved in sperm selection
A scientific team from the University of California has discovered the presence of receptors on uterine cells, which would facilitate ...
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Greece: A baby is born to three different parents
A baby boy was born using a donor egg into which the infertile mother's DNA was implanted. This is the ...
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Global warming: a possible impact on the birth rate
The surplus of warmer days would have an impact on the birth rate, a little less than a year later, ...
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We have unraveled the mystery of fertilization
How among hundreds of millions of sperm does one get its way? Here is the mystery. The recognition between the ...
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Human eggs were developed in the lab until they were ready to be fertilized
This is unheard of: a team of British and American researchers has succeeded in developing human eggs from their early ...
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The mystery of fertilization
How, among hundreds of millions, a single sperm achieves its purpose. This is the mystery of life. Well the recognition ...
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Life expectancy: why women live longer
It is because they conceive less than before that women can expect to live longer than men. Women live five ...
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Three-parent in vitro fertilization soon allowed in Britain?
© iStockPhotoGreat Britain has just launched a public consultation on a draft regulation authorizing three-parent fertility treatments for couples with ...
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Unemployment delays the arrival of the first child in the couple
In France, couples have less intention of having a first child in the near future when they are unemployed. This ...
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Father died from in vitro fertilization
This physiologist born in Leeds in England in 1925 will have devoted his life to research on reproductive methods and ...
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China: the end of the one-child policy
The Communist Party has just authorized all couples to have 2 children. In 30 years, the one-child policy has changed ...
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Demographics: more than 7 billion humans on Earth
Good reproductive dynamism, good life expectancy, but still poor survival of pregnant women: such is the picture of the world ...
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Who are these 5% of French people who do not want children?
According to an INED study, 5% of French people are affected by voluntary childlessness, this choice of not wanting a ...
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Ovarian cancer: in vitro fertilization worsens the risk
© iStockPhotosMany fertility studies have already suggested that treatments that induce ovulation may increase the risk of ovarian cancer, without ...
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In vitro fertilization: the Mediterranean diet increases the chances of conceiving
© ThinkstockBetween 1978 and 2008, more than 200,000 babies were conceived in France thanks to in vitro fertilization (IVF). This ...
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In vitro fertilization is 40 years old today
© iStockPhotosSince November 10, 1977, date of the first in vitro fertilization successful, 6 million babies were born using this ...
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Infertility: first attempts to create artificial eggs and sperm
British researchers are developing a technique to transform stem cells from the skin into embryos. Promising research, although there is ...
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Gates Foundation project: controlling fertility with a remote control
A new contraceptive implant is in development in the United States. It would allow women to better control their fertility, ...
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The pill temporarily reduces fertility
Two fertility markers are reduced by taking the pill. But this is not surprising and the situation is temporary, underlines ...
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In vitro fertilization: abuses denounced by experts
May 11, 2017. According to a study conducted by a team of researchers from the Erasmus University Medical Center in ...
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