For the second time this month, a team of researchers has reported harnessing a precise gene-editing technique to alter the DNA of human embryos go.nature.com/3Sv4wKX

‘Edited’ human embryos reveal secrets of our development — and fuel ethical debate

Nature - Ethical discussions are urgently needed as genome-editing science advances, some researchers say.

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Scientists at Cambridge's @loke-ctr.bsky.social have, for the first time, used base editing to study gene function in human embryos. In future, the findings could help to improve IVF success rates and better understand early pregnancy loss. Read more: https://bit.ly/4aQOAZD

Recently was Qiulin’s viva and he passed without corrections! We are so proud of all the hard work and dedication that led to this achievement! Thanks so much to everybody that joined the celebration!

Went on a walk to wandlebury country park! Highly recommend for anyone in the area who needs a couple hours away from work!! 😍

Excited to share our new preprint: Whole slide image analysis of the endometrial decidual reaction reveals multiscale perturbations associated with miscarriage. A huge team effort, and a step toward understanding pregnancy failure. Let us know your thoughts! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

My desk buddies keep me smiling 😍 even when the server breaks 🤪

Excited to share a paper recently published from the prof. Jan Brosens team! Not far a decade of research has led to this publication. We found that disruptions in the endometrial decidual reaction may help explain why some people experience recurrent miscarriage. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Stalling of the endometrial decidual reaction determines the recurrence risk of miscarriage

The frequency of menstrual cycles culminating in a suboptimal decidual reaction determines the recurrence risk of miscarriage.

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On #WorldHealthDay, we’re spotlighting #Springboard25 awardee, Dr Emma Lucas 🌟 Her research explores whether common painkillers like ibuprofen and aspirin impact fertility and early pregnancy, helping close major gaps in women’s health 💊👶 👉 bit.ly/44irB7l #HealthForAll #HopefulFutures

Today we had our lab retreat at the Eddington Postdoc Centre for the first time in a while!🧪 We had so much fun combining workshops and team-building activities, and we definitely made the most of our time together. Do you do retreats in your lab? What are they usually like? We will read you below!👇

Last Friday, we said goodbye to our amazing summer student, Yiping! Thank you for your hard work and bringing great energy to our team this summer. Wishing you the best in your next chapter!☀️

I also want to bring to your attention the Cambridge Endometrial Network. founded by myself and Tereza Cindrova-Davies, and developed with support from Cambridge Reproduction. www.repro.cam.ac.uk/cambridge-en...

Hey all! New to bluesky! Very excited to first share a mini review I wrote recently with Emma Lucas. This mini-review explores the recent developments in producing reliable in vitro models of the human endometrium and embryo! Let me know what you think! academic.oup.com/humrep/artic...

New models of implantation: towards a whole better than the sum of parts

Abstract. Recent advances in the development of stem-cell-based embryo models and endometrial assembloids have fuelled understanding of their respective bi

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