Reproduction

Topic description and stories

From exploring ancient ideas of generation to understanding new frontiers in fertility, Cambridge researchers are working across disciplines to study reproduction from multiple perspectives.

"Reproduction matters to us all": latest issue of Horizons magazine

20 November 2020

Professor Kathy Niakan talks about why it’s vital to take a multidisciplined approach to understanding the urgent challenges posed by reproduction today – and introduces our Spotlight on some of this work, highlighted in the latest issue of Cambridge's Horizons magazine.

The mouse embryo's own stem cells organise themselves into a rosette-like arrangement as a pre-requisite for laying the foundations for the body when the embryo would implant into the uterus.

Rewriting the text books: Cambridge cracks open ‘black box’ of development

13 Feb 2014

We know much about how embryos develop, but one key stage – implantation – has remained a mystery. Now, scientists from Cambridge have discovered a...

Mouse embryos half-way through gestation (embryonic day 10.5). From left to right: normal size, growth restricted and growth enhanced.

Folic acid deficiency can affect the health of great, great grandchildren

26 Sep 2013

Deficiencies associated with spina bifida, heart defects and placental abnormalities.

Silent killer

13 Sep 2013

Many of us are infected with a virus we’ll never clear. While we’re healthy, it’s nothing to worry about, but when our immune system is suppressed it...

Aristotle's compleat and experienc'd midwife

Much ado about babies

23 Jul 2013

The management of childbirth and care of newborns have always been hotly-debated topics. PhD candidate Leah Astbury looks at narratives of...

family outing, Credit: photo_gratis (Flickr Creative Commons)

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...

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...

I’ve got two dads – and they adopted me

04 Mar 2013

Research into adoptive families headed by same-sex couples paints a positive picture of relationships and wellbeing in these new families. The study...

Scientists discover how epigenetic information could be inherited

25 Jan 2013

Research reveals the mechanism of epigenetic reprogramming.

Who do you think you are?

23 Nov 2012

Each year in the UK over a thousand children are conceived using donor tissue. Many parents find it hard to tell their children that they were donor...