New York attorney general sues stem cell clinic
The New York attorney general, Letitia James, has filed a lawsuit against a stem cell clinic and the sole doctor working there, for allegedly mis-selling unproven treatments to vulnerable patients...
Dr Bernie Owusu-Yaw was a Volunteer Writer at BioNews, having originally joined the publication under the auspices of its writing scheme. She has completed a PhD in Neuroscience at University College London, where the aim of her research was to develop models of inherited prion diseases. The models will be used to investigate the molecular mechanisms of these diseases.
The New York attorney general, Letitia James, has filed a lawsuit against a stem cell clinic and the sole doctor working there, for allegedly mis-selling unproven treatments to vulnerable patients...
The ovarian function of transgender men was preserved after one year of testosterone therapy, a small study has found...
A healthy female monkey, called Grady, has been born using sperm isolated from transplanted testicular tissue, marking the first time a live primate has been produced using this technique...
The average birth weight of babies conceived by IVF has increased by approximately 180 grams over a 25-year period, a UK study suggests...
Two HIV patients have been found to have undetectable levels of the virus after receiving stem-cell transplants as part of treatment for cancer. There has only been one other case of this kind, reported ten years ago in Berlin...
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