News articles tagged with 'fertilisation'
Pushing light beyond its known limits
— 15 Nov 2009 16:16 | TechnologyScientists at the University of Adelaide have made a breakthrough that could change the world's thinking on what light is capable of... — full story
Canada's universal health care system should fund in-vitro fertilisation
— 1 Sep 2009 14:59 | HealthCanada should extend universal health coverage to fund in vitro fertilisation and intracytoplasmic sperm injection, writes Dr Renda Bouzayen, Division Head, Reproductive Endocrine and... — full story
Unlocking the key to human fertility
— 4 Aug 2009 09:20 | HealthScientists at Leeds and Bradford have discovered a unique 'DNA signature' in human sperm, which may act as a key that unlocks an egg's fertility and triggers new life... — full story
Projected food, energy demands seen to outpace production
— 26 Jun 2009 11:20 | EnvironmentWith the caloric needs of the planet expected to soar by 50 percent in the next 40 years, planning and investment in global agriculture will become critically important, according a... — full story
Jumping genes discovery 'challenges current assumptions'
— 12 Jun 2009 16:44 | HealthJumping genes do most of their jumping, not during the development of sperm and egg cells, but during the development of the embryo itself. The research, published this month in Genes... — full story
Scientists solve poppy puzzle with new gene discovery
— 31 May 2009 17:00 | BiologyScientists at the University of Birmingham have identified an elusive male gene in the field poppy that stops self - fertilisation, a mechanism that prevents inbreeding, and promotes... — full story
Fertilisation intensifies competition for light and endangers plant diversity
— 1 May 2009 14:26 | EnvironmentWhen grasslands are fertilised their productivity is increased but their plant diversity is diminished. In the last 50 years levels of plant-available nitrogen and phosphorous have... — full story
New method of assessing women's eggs could enhance IVF success
— 24 Mar 2009 16:26 | HealthMany couples who have trouble conceiving a child have turned to a process known as in vitro fertilisation. The resulting embryos are then transferred back into the woman or placed in... — full story
Lohafex provides new insights on plankton ecology
— 23 Mar 2009 13:58 | EnvironmentThe Indo-German team of scientists from the National Institute of Oceaonography and the Alfred Wegener Institute has returned from its expedition on research vessel Polarstern. The... — full story
Plant biologists discover gene that switches on 'essence of male'
— 21 Mar 2009 18:30 | BiologyBiologists at the University of Leicester have published results of a new study into plant sex - and discovered that a particular gene switches on 'the essence of male.' The study takes... — full story