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Putting women’s health in the spotlight

24 July 2025

Cambridge Reproduction Steering Committee member Amanda Sferruzzi-Perri and other researchers across Cambridge are spotlighted in a new feature as part of the SBS theme focus of Women’s Health. As theme lead Amanda says, “It’s crazy that biological sex has been so overlooked in understanding the body’s responses to drugs...

Cambridge Reproduction Co-Chair, Nick Hopwood, to chair upcoming public dialogue exploring views on the 14-day rule for human embryo research

1 July 2025

Nick Hopwood, Professor of History of Science and Medicine, and one of the three Cambridge Reproduction Co-Chairs has been recently announced as chair of the Oversight Group for a public dialogue on reviewing the 14-day rule for human embryo research. This initiative, a partnership between the Nuffield Council on Bioethics...

Models of a fetus in the womb and of the brain Credit: Nadzeya Haroshka (Getty Images)

Placenta and hormone levels in the womb may have been key driver in human evolution

26 June 2025

The placenta and the hormones it produces may have played a crucial role in the evolution of the human brain, while also leading to the behavioural traits that have made human societies able to thrive and expand, according to a new hypothesis proposed by researchers from the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford. Cambridge...

Cambridge team attend APPG meeting on Reproductive Equity and the Fibroids Crisis

3 June 2025

priscilla1.jpg On 14 May 2025, a group of Cambridge Reproduction members from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, led by Dr Priscilla Day-Walsh, participated in a parliamentary session on Reproductive Equity and the Fibroids Crisis. The meeting was organised by the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Black...

New ai@cam-funded project on using AI in fertility treatment and diagnosis

1 April 2025

Across the world, fertility rates are falling, while families are choosing to have children later on in life. To help them conceive, many couples turn to assisted reproductive technologies such as IVF; however, success rates remain low and the process can be expensive. Mo Vali and Dr Staci Weiss hope that AI can change...

University Library exhibition shows medieval remedies for reproductive conditions

29 March 2025

A major new exhibition open now at Cambridge University Library shines a light on health and disease in the medieval world – including how our ancestors sought to manage infertility, childbirth and menstruation. Featuring dozens of unique, centuries-old medical manuscripts, Curious Cures: Medicine in the Medieval World...

Genetic study reveals hidden chapter in human evolution

18 March 2025

Modern humans descended from not one, but at least two ancestral populations that drifted apart and later reconnected, long before modern humans spread across the globe. A study published in Nature Genetics, co-authored Cambridge Reproduction member Aylwyn Scally, has discovered that modern humans descended from not one...

Scientists identify genes that make humans and Labradors more likely to become obese

6 March 2025

Researchers at the University of Cambridge have discovered genes linked to obesity in both Labradors and humans. They say the effects can be over-ridden with a strict diet and exercise regime. Researchers studying British Labrador retrievers have identified multiple genes associated with canine obesity and shown that these...

Christina Rozeik (Cambridge Reproduction) and Sandy Starr (Progress Educational Trust)

Cambridge Reproduction recognised in The Cambridge Awards for Research Impact and Engagement

7 February 2025

This week, Christina Rozeik, Programme Manager for Cambridge Reproduction accepted the award for the Cambridge Reproduction project Including public voices in policy through a public dialogue on stem cell-based embryo models at The Cambridge Awards 2025. Stem cell-based embryo models offer exciting new opportunities to...

Ashley Moffett awarded CMG: Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in the 2025 New Year Honours

7 January 2025

Cambridge Reproduction are delighted to extend heartfelt congratulations to Professor Ashley Moffett for her award in the New Year Honours 2025 list for services to Women’s Reproductive Health and to Clinical Research and Practice in Africa. As part of the Overseas and International List, Professor Moffett has been...