News articles tagged with 'germ'
Girls with ovarian germ-cell tumours can safely skip chemotherapy unless disease recurs
— 21 Oct 2010 19:58 | HealthResearchers from Dana-Farber/Children's Hospital Cancer Centre (DF/CHCC) have found that as many as 50 percent of young girls treated for germ-cell ovarian tumours might safely be spared…
Pitt team finds protein that sets the stage for exchanges of DNA code in eggs and sperm
— 14 Oct 2010 11:03 | HealthA team led by a scientist at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine has discovered a regulatory protein that influences where genetic material gets swapped between maternal…
Smoking damages men's sperm and also the numbers of germ and somatic cells in developing embryos
— 8 Sep 2010 12:30 | HealthTwo new studies have shed more light on how smoking may damage fertility, and give further weight to advice that mothers and fathers-to-be should stop smoking before attempting to conceive.…
Stem cell versatility could help tissue regeneration
— 19 Aug 2010 10:01 | HealthScientists have reprogrammed stem cells from a key organ in the immune system in a development that could have implications for tissue regeneration…
Mexican salamander helps uncover mysteries of stem cells and evolution
— 12 Jul 2010 10:54 | BiologyDr Andrew Johnson is speaking today (12 July) at the UK National Stem Cell Network annual conference. He and his team from the University of Nottingham have been using a Mexican aquatic…
Hopkins scientists discover how protein trips up germs
— 22 Feb 2010 17:28 | HealthIf bad bacteria lurk in your system, chances are they will bump into the immune system's protective cells whose job is gobbling germs. The catch is that these do-gooders, known as macrophages,…
Relatives of boys with sexual birth defects not at risk for testicular germ cell cancer
— 22 Dec 2009 08:43 | HealthBoys with the sexual birth defects known as hypospadias and cryptorchidism are at risk for developing testicular germ cell cancer, but their relatives are not, according to a new study…
Stanford scientists turn stem cells into precursors for sperm, eggs
— 29 Oct 2009 11:09 | HealthHuman embryonic stem cells derived from excess IVF embryos may help scientists unlock the mysteries of infertility for other couples struggling to conceive, according to new research…
NIH-funded researchers transform embryonic stem cells into human germ cells
— 29 Oct 2009 10:35 | HealthResearchers funded in part by the National Institutes of Health have discovered how to transform human embryonic stem cells into germ cells, the embryonic cells that ultimately give…
Seal of quality for hygienic equipment
— 14 Sep 2009 15:36 | TechnologyBefore entering the cleanroom, the researcher dons special protective clothing to avoid carrying germs or other impurities into the highly sensitive environment. But it's not only people…