fertility
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New Human-Like Synthetic Embryos Could Uncover Cause of Miscarriages, Scientists Say
Scientists in the United Kingdom and the United States have created synthetic human-like embryos without the need for eggs or sperm. While the embryo does not have a brain or heartbeat, scientists are hopeful that it will shed light on the cause of miscarriages and genetic diseases.
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Musk Reportedly Reworks Twitter Employee Benefits: Coffee & Snacks Are In, Family Planning Is Out
Elon Musk is borderline obsessed with global birthrates, but the Twitter CEO is apparently less interested in supporting his own employees’ family planning goals. The father of (at least) 10 children, who had twins with an executive at one of his other companies in 2021, has cut Twitter staff’s fertility benefits in half, according to…
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Male Mice Produce Rat Sperm in Novel Chimera Experiment
Cue the Jurassic Park theme song: Scientists in Switzerland appear to have pulled off a remarkable feat, creating sterile and seemingly healthy mice that can produce the sperm cells of a rat. These rodent chimeras weren’t able to make viable rat offspring, but the work could lead to a new method of preserving species on…
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COVID-19 Linked to Four Times Higher Risk of Stillbirth in US During Delta Era, CDC Finds
New research affirms the added risk that pregnant people and their families face from COVID-19. Data recently released by the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention shows that pregnant people infected with COVID-19 are more likely to have a stillbirth; this link appears to have become stronger after the emergence of the Delta variant.