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Family bonds: how does surrogacy impact on relationships?

08 Jul 2013

Preliminary results from a pioneering study at Cambridge University paint a positive picture of the relationships formed between surrogates and the...

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New conceptions: single mothers by sperm donation

25 Apr 2013

Sophie Zadeh, a PhD candidate in the Centre for Family Research, is contributing to a new study of the well-being of single mothers by sperm donation...

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Exposure to micronutrients prior to pregnancy has been associated with gene modifications in offspring

22 Feb 2012

Scientists find that micronutrients affect methylation, which has been associated with changes in the immune system.

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baby in the womb

You are what your mother ate

21 Mar 2011

Research provides new insight into why poor diet during pregnancy negatively affects offspring’s long term health.

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Children's building blocks

Amniocentesis: a key to identify autism in the womb?

04 Jan 2011

Cambridge researchers are pioneering a new test for autism in the womb, by measuring the levels of testosterone produced by the foetus, which makes...

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Doctor’s orders, Roman style

04 Jan 2011

Rebecca Flemming from the Faculty of Classics works with ancient texts on health and reproduction.

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Primordial germ cells

Germ cells: the route to immortality

01 Apr 2009

How do cells become equipped to generate a whole new organism?

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Research links testosterone levels to autistic traits

13 Jan 2009

Research at Cambridge University's Autism Research Centre (ARC) has found that exposure to high levels of testosterone in the womb is related to the...

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large chromosomes

Rethinking the secrets of life: a code upon a code

04 Jan 2009

Epigenetics is taking the biomedical research world by storm; three Cambridge scientists use examples from their own research to explain why.

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Human placental villi showing signs of oxidative stress

Great expectations in pregnancy research

01 Feb 2008

Most pregnancies develop normally but when complications arise they can have devastating effects. Two recent initiatives in Cambridge hope to deliver...

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