UK scientists edit DNA of human embryos
The blueprint for life - DNA - has been altered in human embryos for the first time in the UK. The team at the Francis Crick Institute...
Hang Out With Happy People — It Might Be Contagious
You can actually catch a good mood or a bad mood from your friends, according to a recent study in the journal Royal Society Open...
Pregnant moms who take folic acid cut autism risk from pesticides
Children whose mothers took folic acid supplements early in their pregnancies were less likely to develop autism, even when the pregnant...
Prospect of Synthetic Embryos Sparks New Bioethics Debate
An “embryoid” created from stem cells shares key features with a real human embryo, like an amniotic sac, but lacks other elements. Yue...
Can Baby Powder Really Cause Ovarian Cancer?
A jury has ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $417 million in damages to a 63-year-old woman in Los Angeles who developed ovarian cancer...
Flame retardants may hinder infertility treatments, study suggests
Researchers have linked higher exposure to a type of flame retardant to a greater likelihood that in vitro fertilization (IVF) won't...
Vitamin B3 may prevent some miscarriages, birth defects, study says
Vitamin B3 (Niacin) -- found in meat and green vegetables -- has been shown to prevent one genetic cause of birth defects and...
IVF babies tend to be lighter than others but end up heavier
Since the first “test tube” baby arrived 39 years ago, an estimated 6.5 million children have been born thanks to IVF and similar...
