Transgender girl's sperm to be stored until court date
The NHS has agreed to continue storing a dead teen's frozen sperm until her mother can bring the case to court...
News
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.
CRISPR genome editing improved by enzyme testing
The safety and efficiency of CRISPR genome editing can be improved by identifying the best genome editing option for a specific application...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
Japanese PM candidate pledges increased access to fertility treatment
Yoshihide Suga, the frontrunner to become Japan's next prime minister, has proposed that fertility treatments should be covered by insurance....
New Zealand parents unable to reach surrogate babies overseas
Families in New Zealand with babies born through surrogacy are unable to bring them home due to international border restrictions caused by COVID-19...
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.
Oesophageal cancer detection may be accelerated by genome sequencing
A statistical model that uses genomic data to calculate which patients are most likely to develop oesophageal cancer eight years before diagnosis has been developed...
Irish Court to consider passport application for surrogate-born child
Ireland's Minister for Foreign Affairs has been challenged in the High Court of Ireland after 'unreasonable delays' in processing a passport application made on behalf of a child born via surrogacy abroad...
Reviews
Podcast Review: Franklin Centenary Podcast
When I was asked to review a podcast about Dr Rosalind Franklin for BioNews, the name was definitely familiar but I needed to google her name to remind myself that she was a researcher and chemist, most known for her work towards the discovery of the structures of DNA, RNA and viruses...
Event Review: COVID-19 — Evidence and limitations of genetics in relation to BAME groups
I was aware of the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) people in the UK but I did not know much about the causes...
Comment
Heritable human genome editing: an insight into the International Commission's report
by Amarpreet Kaur
An International Commission on the Clinical Use of Human Germline Genome Editing was assembled by the Royal Society, the US National Academy of Sciences and the US National Academy of Medicine...
Expanded carrier screening: careful what you look for
by Dr Marieke Bigg
Progress Educational Trust produced an online event sponsored by the Scottish Government, to discuss the question: what should we be testing for in egg and sperm donors?...