Switching back on a gene that is normally silenced early in development has improved features of severe alpha-thalassaemia in mice and restored globin production in cells from patients...
New evidence suggests that a widely debated IVF add-on does not increase clinical pregnancy rates...
Mouse study sheds light on the biological pathway that could underpin brain impairments in Angelman syndrome, potentially revealing a new therapeutic target...
The US Food and Drug Administration has outlined a framework that could allow multiple related, patient-specific genome editing therapies to be covered by a single approval, for patients with different genetic variants of the same gene...
Artificial intelligence could help clinicians estimate the risk of miscarriage after IVF, using five measurements routinely collected during treatment...
Flora Joseph reviews an episode of The Gift, which explores the legal and ethical questions surrounding at-home DNA testing through the story of two donor-conceived people in France who discover they may be half-siblings...
Belgian fertility pioneer Professor André Van Steirtegheim's book looks back over an incredible career, but lacks personal insights, writes embryologist Emily St John Jones...
Dr Sylvie Armstrong reviews an episode of the Surrogacy Daddy podcast exploring the emotional and ethical complexities of surrogacy as well as wider systemic inequalities affecting maternal health and reproductive autonomy, following a surrogate's life-threatening health complications
Dr Erin Williams discusses Professor Rod Mitchell's latest stand up comedy show, dedicated to male fertility...
Fertility counsellor Anthony Ryb reviews Pip Reilly's 'A Journey Through Male Infertility: Stronger Together', considering its aim to provide accessible support for men experiencing infertility and highlighting both its strengths and the gaps he feels limit its usefulness…
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