Adapting CRISPR genome editing technology to make use of 'jumping genes' could improve scientists' ability to insert DNA into the genome...
The gene mutation that Dr He Jiankui aimed to emulate in the world's first genome-edited babies, has been linked to increased deaths in later life...
A bill that would nullify the US Supreme Court decision that banned the patenting of human genes is being debated by the US Congress...
Recommendations to clarify UK surrogacy law have been announced by the Law Commission of England and Wales and the Scottish Law Commission...
Genes have been edited directly in stem cells of a living organism, a new study has found. Scientists were able to modify genes in specific stem cells in adult mice using a virus...
A new way of analysing sperm could lead to improvements in male fertility testing, according to the scientists who developed the method...
A bill that aims to extend the time limit that eggs and sperm can be kept frozen has been introduced in the UK's House of Lords…
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BioNews 1000: Our readers on why they subscribe to us
by BioNews
Celebrating the 1000th issue of BioNews this month, the influential readers of BioNews told us what the publication means to them...
The death of an IVF legend: Professor Ian Craft, 1937-2019
by Professor Joyce Harper
It was with great sadness that the friends and colleagues of 'Prof' Ian Craft learned that he passed away on 3 June at his residential home in Esher...
Designing your own child: Australia's regulations
by Dr Patrick Foong
In Australia, debates on whether prospective parents should be permitted to make their own decisions on gender selection for non-medical purposes have been ramping up...
Commercial surrogacy is in senior UN official's firing line
by Sam Everingham
The question of whether the UN will develop an international treaty relating to surrogacy arrangements - as it did a quarter century ago in relation to adoption, is up for discussion...