Category Archives: Embryology

LA BioMed to honor Women & Infants physician as 'Legend'

The Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (LA BioMed) recently announced that it will honor John E. Continue reading

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From the Archives: Ex Omnia Conchis – Darwin and His Beloved Barnacles

Darwin-Wedgewood Crest ***This post was a brief write up of a Darwin Day presentation I gave at Duke Marine Lab in 2010.*** Barnacles held an immense fascination for Darwin. It was through some rather chance events that he ended up being the world expert on this fascinating group. He created 4 volumes of masterpieces devoted to all available living and fossil barnacles. Continue reading

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Physician to be honored as 'Legend'

Public release date: 27-Feb-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ] Contact: Susan McDonald slmcdonald@wihri.org 401-681-2816 Women & Infants Hospital The Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (LA BioMed) recently announced that it will honor John E. Buster, MD, associate director of the Center for Reproduction and Infertility at Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island and Tufts Medical Center, as one of its three “Legends” this May. “Legends” are selected based upon their internationally recognized contributions to medicine through research and innovative clinical practice Continue reading

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Egg-making stem cells found in adult ovaries

It’s time to rewrite the textbooks. For 60 years, everyone from high-school biology teachers to top fertility specialists has been operating under the assumption that women are born with all the eggs they will ever produce, with no way to replenish that supply. But the discovery of human egg-producing stem cells, harvested from the ovaries of six women aged 22 to 33, puts that dogma in doubt. Continue reading

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Famed Princeton University molecular biology professor Malcolm Steinberg dies at 81

By Trentonian Staff PRINCETON – Princeton University professor emeritus Malcolm Steinberg, a molecular biologist well known for his influential hypothesis about how cells in an embryo assemble, died Feb. 7 at his home in Princeton of complications from lung cancer. He was 81 Continue reading

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Maven Semantic: Embryonic Stem Cells Research Database

DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Maven Semantic (http://www.mavensemantic.com) announces updates to their Embryonic Stem Cells research database. The new database is now available to marketing, business development, competitor intelligence, KOL, medical affairs and related departments in the life sciences sector. The database currently tags 27,000 individuals working in Embryonic Stem Cells. Continue reading

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Age-old motherhood debate

Growing evidence that France's First Lady, Carla Bruni, is pregnant makes her the latest in a long list of older celebrity mums. Former supermodel Bruni, 43, joins famous faces including Madonna, who had her last child at the age of 41; Cherie Blair, who had son Leo at 45; and Jo Brand, who gave birth to daughters at the age of 43 and 45. Continue reading

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Manning named Conservation Teacher of Year

David Manning has a unique approach when it comes to teaching conservation. It's an approach that helped the Tidioute Community Charter School teacher win the 2011 Conservation Educator of the Year award through the Warren County Conservation District. Continue reading

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Abortion investigation: Improved testing gives parents control of 'family balancing'

For millennia, folklore has existed claiming to give parents a better chance of a boy or girl, but until recently nature has conspired to dictate that parents get what they are given. Many NHS trusts now prevent health workers from telling parents the sex of their baby ahead of the birth to prevent them taking pre-emptive action Continue reading

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Letters: Keep in mind mystery of creating living being

The current debate over abortion includes on one side a mundane and mechanistic view of pregnancy as a disease a woman can unilaterally decide to remove like a wart. Continue reading

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The problem with evo devo [Pharyngula]

Last week, I gave a talk at UNLV titled “A counter-revolutionary history of evo devo”, and I'm afraid I was a little bit heretical. I criticized my favorite discipline. Continue reading

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Rutgers scientists selected for international research initiative on evolution of insects

Public release date: 20-Feb-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ] Contact: Paula Quintin quintin@aesop.rutgers.edu 848-932-4204 Rutgers University Two researchers from Rutgers University in New Jersey ? one from the Newark campus, the other from New Brunswick ? are among an international team of more than 50 scientists embarking on a massive project to unravel the secrets of the evolutionary history of insects. Jessica L. Continue reading

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Britain's first male mum speaks: My mother told me I'd be a good mummy. I said, 'No I'll be a good daddy'

By Jo Macfarlane and Andy Whelan Last updated at 11:44 PM on 18th February 2012 A man thought to be Britain's first 'male mother' has told of his wish to live his life as a normal father. The man, who was born a woman, gave birth to a healthy baby girl he calls his 'little angel' in March 2011 after ending the hormone treatment that had deactivated his womb. He had been living as a man for five years and had legally changed his name and gender before deciding to attempt to conceive with his male partner, from whom he is now separated Continue reading

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Are Whitehall jobs really at their lowest level since the War… (Or did Maude forget to count the quango staff)?

Actually 2.36m government staff up from 1.98m in 1999 Statistics use old trick of excluding quango employees By Daniel Martin Last updated at 12:24 AM on 17th February 2012 Claim: Francis Maude boasted that the Whitehall headcount is lower than since World War II A claim by a Cabinet minister that the Whitehall headcount is lower than it has been since the Second World War was called into question yesterday. For while it is true that civil service numbers – those working directly for government departments – have fallen in recent years, the numbers working for quangos and national agencies has mushroomed Continue reading

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Hansen: Girl wrestler exceeds expectations, and she's not yet satisfied

Hansen: Girl wrestler exceeds expectations, and she?s not yet satisfied There was no forfeit this time. When the referee raised Megan Black's hand on the floor of Wells Fargo Arena, it wasn't because her opponent refused to step on the mat with her. Continue reading

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Woman battling to get ovary back and become a mother after it was removed and frozen before cancer treatment

Changes to legislation mean she can't have ovary back By Emily Allen Last updated at 1:59 AM on 15th February 2012 A woman is battling to get her ovary back and have a child after it was removed and frozen before she underwent cancer treatment. Kate Oliver, 28, from Yelverton, Devon was diagnosed with rare bone cancer Ewing’s sarcoma when she was 16. Continue reading

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Watson seeks FDA approval to market generic Beyaz

Published on February 13, 2012 at 12:45 AM Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Continue reading

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Campaigners question ethics of Britain's first 'male mother'

“But I think it is at the expense and rights and welfare of the child.” Although he has legally changed his gender to male, the man in question was able to give birth last year because his womb was not removed during the original sex change procedure. It is possible for transgender men who were born women, who still have functioning ovaries and a uterus, to become pregnant while still identifying and living as men. Joanna Darrell, from the Beaumont Society, a support group for the transgender community, said the man approached the society asking for advice about having a baby. Continue reading

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Man becomes first in the UK to give birth to baby

He is only the fourth person in the world officially classed as male to have had a baby. Continue reading

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IVF clinics get twin birth target

9 February 2012 Last updated at 12:16 ET IVF clinics have been told that no more than 10% of births should be twins or triplets by regulators. Continue reading

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