Studies to find better ways to preserve human eggs, ovarian tissue under way

bioman submitted, created time 1 year 7 months (www.eurekalert.org)

The goal is to make human eggs, ovarian tissue, blood vessels, even whole organs available when needed.

To get there, researchers are directly comparing slow-freezing techniques, used successfully for decades to preserve sperm and embryos, to a more rapid method of cryopreservation that transforms tissues into durable glass-like structures.

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Generalized Analysis of Molecular Variance

penguin submitted, created time 1 year 9 months (genetics.plosjournals.org)

Humans exhibit great genetic diversity. Understanding the factors that contribute to and sustain this diversity is an important research area. Not only can such understanding shed light on human origins, but it can also assist in the discovery of genes and genetic factors that contribute to debilitating diseases. Statistical analysis methods that can facilitate the identification of factors contributing to or associated with human genetic diversity are growing in number as new high-throughput molecular genetic assays and technologies are developed.

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