Home DNA test kits should come with a warning, says HFEA
The UK's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority is urging companies that offer direct-to-consumer DNA testing to provide more comprehensive warnings to customers...
Rachel Siden
Qualitative Health Researcher
Rachel Siden is a Volunteer Writer at BioNews. She originally studied Philosophy at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and went on to obtain an MA in Bioethics and Society from King's College London. She is currently a qualitative health researcher at Stanford University interested in LGBTQ+ health and wellness.
BioNews Articles by Rachel Siden
HFEA to issue regulations on IVF add-ons
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority will require fertility clinics to give patients full information about any IVF 'add-on' services being offered to them...
Canadian scientists call for end to criminal ban on germline genome-editing
Members of Canada's Stem Cell Network have called for the country to re-examine its laws banning genome editing research on the human germline...
Australian insurance inquiry to consider genetic discrimination
A parliamentary inquiry in Australia is examining the impact of life insurance discrimination based on genetic test results...
NgAgo is a no-go
The original paper promoting a new genome editing technology known as Natronobacterium gregoryi Argonaute (NgAgo) has been retracted...
Image by Peter Artymiuk via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts the shadow of a DNA double helix, on a background that shows the fluorescent banding of the output from a DNA sequencing machine.
China sides with Berkeley on CRISPR patent
China's State Intellectual Property Office has granted the University of California a patent on CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing technology in the country.
Book Review: Experiments in Democracy - Human Embryo Research and the Politics of Bioethics
Experiments in Democracy recounts the history of human embryo research debates in the United States while exploring how the democratic formulation of policy is impacted by complex relationships between science, bioethics, and the public...
ACMG recommends caution on genome editing
The American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics has published a statement recommending caution over the clinical application of genome editing...
Podcast Review: Naked Genetics - All Human Life Is Here
In this podcast, Professor Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz and Sarah Norcross discuss the current UK ban on researching human embryos in the lab for longer than 14 days...
Image by Bill Sanderson via the Wellcome Collection, © Wellcome Trust Ltd 1990. Depicts Laocoön and his family (from Greek and Roman mythology) entwined in coils of DNA.
US Senate passes regenerative medicine act
Stem cell therapies could be granted accelerated approval by the US Food and Drug Administration as part of a new bill passed by the Senate last week...