Rhys Baker was previously a Volunteer Writer at BioNews.
Personalised Medicine. A promise of medical treatment tailored to the individual. A promise that has been decades in the delivery. But now, as such treatment appears to be within reach, will the dream be dashed by bureaucracy, inertia and funding crises?...
Over just 30 minutes Fergus Walsh has a lot of ground to cover here without even touching on the ethical debate. Yet, while gene editing may have 'just been made simple', how we respond to these stunning advances is anything but...
Genetic testing can improve the treatment of developmental delay in children when it's caused by an underlying metabolic disorder...
This 50-minute radio broadcast provides an 'appetiser' on CRISPR and the ethics surrounding genome editing...
Australian scientists have successfully grown 'mini kidneys' from stem cells derived from skin tissue...
'What is Ethics?' A seemingly innocent question asked by a 14-year-old student in my first year as a teacher. I struggled for a reply. Since then, I have been on the lookout for any resource that clarifies this question...
A test to diagnose male infertility that uses RNA as a biomarker has been developed by researchers in the USA...
Whether or not aspirin reduces a person's risk of bowel cancer could all be down to their genetic make-up, according to a US study...
The Ebola virus may be mutating faster than treatments can be developed to combat it, according to research from US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases...
Researchers have reversed the effects of Parkinson's disease in rats, using human embryonic stem cells...
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