After a few rounds of Clomid, or IUIs followed by IVF treatment, some couples are faced with the inevitability that having a child who is biologically linked to both of them won’t happen. Over time and with some discussion, alternative paths to parenthood are considered - one of which ...

by S. Fenella Das Gupta, Ph.D., Neuroscience Many diseases occur as a result of mutations occurring in a particular gene. Some of these mutations can be passed on to future generations. But right now, scientists are working on a particular protocol that could potential eradicate certain diseases ...

by S. Fenella Das Gupta, Ph.D., Neuroscience When I was a child I walked everywhere with my mum - to and from school, and then to and from the grocery store and everywhere else in between. I never complained about it, everybody did it. Physical exercise was part and parcel of everyday life. In ...

China’s one child policy came into force in 1980 and restricted most families in China from having more than one child as a means of controlling the population.  The Chinese government’s justification for the policy lies in their assertion that it has prevented an additional 400 ...

By S. Fenella Das Gupta, Ph.D., Neuroscience The malignant growth that is cancer does not discriminate—a person of any race, creed, color, nationality, marital status, gender, sexual orientation, disability or socioeconomic status can be affected.    Our healthcare system does ...

By S. Fenella Das Gupta,  PhD Neuroscience A team of researchers led by Dr. Lee Smith at the University of Edinburgh have identified a gene, Katnal1, involved in male infertility. The expression of this gene is required for the release of mature sperm. So, when it’s disrupted only ...