No spitting or you'll give your age away
A saliva sample can determine a person’s age to within five years, according to research published in the journal PLoS One...
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A saliva sample can determine a person’s age to within five years, according to research published in the journal PLoS One...
The UK's House of Lords has voted for the first time on an amendment that, if passed, would have impeded the Government's power to abolish its fertility regulator. The amendment to the Public Bodies Bill, which said the cost-effectiveness of the Conservative-Lib Dem Government's abolition plans must be assessed first, was narrowly defeated...
A BBC Radio Scotland investigation examining examples of 'fertility tourism' has highlighted the emotional, physical and financial concerns faced by couples travelling abroad to seek fertility treatment...
UK scientists have found 15 new genetic regions that may affect a person's risk of developing primary biliary cirrhosis, a chronic form of liver disease...
Legislation banning embryonic stem cell research in Oklahoma, United States, was approved by the state's House Committee last week. The House of Representatives' Public Health Committee narrowly passed the bill by six votes to five and it is now scheduled to go before the full House of Representatives....
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) was once again the topic of a debate in the House of Lords on 1 February 2011. Following the proposed abolition of the HFEA and the Human Tissue Authority (HTA), Baroness Glenys Thornton asked how the UK government will maintain public confidence and patient safety....
The UK's fertility watchdog, the Human Fertility and Embryology Authority (HFEA), has launched a public consultation on how sperm and egg donation should be regulated....
An international team of researchers have found that both embryonic stem cells (ESCs) and induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) show higher genetic abnormalities than other cells....
Scientists have scanned the entire DNA of an unborn child from the mother's blood sample for the first time to safely check for genetic disorders...
A protein that regulates prostate stem cell self-renewal and maintenance has been identified by US researchers. The so-called Bmi-1 protein also plays a role in the transformation of healthy prostate cells into cancerous ones...
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