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Exclusive: A new test can predict IVF embryos' risk of having a low IQ

15 November 2018

A new genetic test that enables people having IVF to screen out embryos likely to have a low IQ or high disease risk could soon become available in the US
frog

Hormone helps regrow frog legs and may one day lead to a human therapy

6 November 2018

Frogs partly regrew their hind legs after a dose of the female sex hormone progesterone was applied to the wound site for just one day

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