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| Ariz. Conservatives Enact Several Bills Related To Reproductive Rights | Fri, 27 Aug 2010 |
| This legislative session, Arizona lawmakers and Gov. Jan Brewer (R) enacted several laws that affect reproductive rights, including a measure that prohibits municipalities from offering abortion coverage in their health insurance plans, the Arizona Republic reports. The laws took effect July 29... | |
| Birth Rates Fall Amid Economic Uncertainty | Fri, 27 Aug 2010 |
| Births rates have declined in several states, a trend experts link to the uncertain economic outlook and high unemployment rate, NPR's "All Things Considered" reports. Recent data indicate that Illinois' birth rate is at its lowest level since the Great Depression, with similar trends appearing in California and Arizona... | |
| Molecular Approaches To Better Understand Male Infertility | Fri, 27 Aug 2010 |
| Male infertility is a common medical problem, affecting millions of men in the United States annually. Its causes include an inability to make productive sperm. Now, using yeast as a model organism, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine are beginning to identify the molecular signals that could in part underlie that problem. Shelley Berger PhD, the Daniel S... | |
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| Cell Division Study Sheds Light On Special Mechanism In Egg Cells | Wed, 25 Aug 2010 |
| In a study of egg cells using time-lapse microscopy, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research have discovered an unusual property of meiosis - cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms... | |
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| Studying Yeast To Better Understand Male Infertility | Wed, 18 Aug 2010 |
| Men and yeast have something in common: they use the same molecular process to ensure the integrity of their gene pool during reproduction. This is a recent finding by researchers from CNRS, Inserm and the Université Joseph Fourier in Grenoble... | |
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| Involuntary Childlessness More Detrimental Than Originally Thought | Tue, 17 Aug 2010 |
| Test-tube fertilisation is the reason why more couples than previously now have the chance to become biological parents. However, the path to achieving this can be laborious and, for some, the treatment is unsuccessful. A thesis from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, indicates that people are more negatively affected than previously reported in studies of involuntary childlessness... | |
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| Ga. GOP Gubernatorial Race Hinges On Abortion, Other Social Issues | Wed, 11 Aug 2010 |
| Abortion rights have become a critical issue in Georgia's GOP gubernatorial primary between former Georgia Secretary of State Karen Handel -- a "relatively centrist Republican" -- and former U.S. Rep. Nathan Deal, a more conservative candidate, the Wall Street Journal reports. Handel leads by five percentage points in the polls heading into today's primary... | |
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| INVO Bioscience Commences Registration Process For INVOCell Fertility Device In China | Wed, 11 Aug 2010 |
| INVO Bioscience, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: IVOB), a medical device company focused on treatment options for patients diagnosed with infertility, announced that it has commenced the registration process for its INVOCell fertility device with the State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC)... | |
| Zinc Helps To Make A Good Egg And Healthy Embryo | Wed, 11 Aug 2010 |
| Scientists as well as fertility doctors have long tried to figure out what makes a good egg that will produce a healthy embryo. It's a particularly critical question for fertility doctors deciding which eggs isolated from a woman will produce the best embryos and, ultimately, babies... | |
| Regulation Of IVF Procedures At Issue In Ga. GOP Gubernatorial Primary | Tue, 10 Aug 2010 |
| Georgia Republican gubernatorial candidates Karen Handel and Rep. Nathan Deal (Ga.) have different opinions on whether they would support efforts to restrict the number of embryos created for in-vitro fertilization procedures, the AP/Macon Telegraph reports. Handel and Deal will face each other in an Aug. 10 runoff for the GOP nomination... | |
| Tobacco-Related Research At UC Riverside Benefits From 6 Grants | Mon, 09 Aug 2010 |
| Tobacco-related disease kills more people worldwide than any other single factor. To help address this problem, the University of California, Riverside has received six grants from the University of California Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program (TRDRP), the most TRDRP grants the campus has received in any year... | |
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| Research Breakthrough On The Question Of Life Expectancy | Sat, 07 Aug 2010 |
| Why do we grow old and what can we do to stop it? This is the question asked by many, but it appears that we are now closer to an answer thanks to new research published by Monash University researcher Dr Damian Dowling... | |
