Review supports existence of the 'placebome'
Some people may be genetically more likely to experience the 'placebo effect', according to a review of recent studies...
Some people may be genetically more likely to experience the 'placebo effect', according to a review of recent studies...
A British woman is in a legal bid to become pregnant using her deceased daughter's eggs, reports the Daily Mail. The mother, aged 59, said it was her daughter's dying wish before she died of bowel cancer four years ago...
Mid Essex Clinical Commissioning Group has proposed to limit access to IVF to cancer patients and HIV-positive men under its options for reform to the funding of its fertility services....
Gene therapy, performed using cochlear implants, has regenerated auditory nerves in guinea pigs, a study reports...
A London clinic has reported an increase in the number of requests for BRCA genetic testing and preventative mastectomies since Angelina Jolie's announcement last May that she had undergone a double mastectomy....
A fertility app has been launched that will help pay for treatment for women who are unable to conceive after ten months of using the program...
Myriad Genetics is suing two other companies who are offering genetic tests for BRCA1 and BRAC2 gene mutations for patent infringement...
The US Supreme Court has ruled that the police are allowed to collect DNA from people they arrest...
The Scottish government has approved criteria which include new restrictions on access to state-funded IVF but which also aim to end the 'postcode lottery' faced by many couples with fertility problems...
The University of Glasgow will receive £20 million to develop a research centre dedicated to personalised medicine...
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