
Eggs and Sperm from Skin Cells?
How is it possible to create reproductive cells or gametes from skin that ultimately creates eggs and sperm? Incredible to believe isn’t it? However, In Vitro Gametogenesis, or IVG as it scientifically called is a procedure fast developing that has the ability to reprogram cells into a younger state to ultimately nurture them into reproductive cells. This procedure is in its early days but already baby mice have been created by scientists in Japan. George Daley the Dean of H

The Show Must Go On
After watching the X factor show recently and understanding the shows concept of talented people who go through stages of elimination by a panel of judges to find those who have the best voice who can be groomed into pop stars or those two have the X factor,but what is the X Factor? Is it perfection, being the best, or just someone who is unique and stands out from the crowd? In many ways you could apply the X factor concepts to the understanding of genetic and DNA developmen