Algorithm maps gene expression within tissues
A new algorithm can map three-dimensional patterns of gene expression...
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Model developed to predict age at menopause
Researchers have developed two predictive models that can be used to predict the age of natural menopause in middle-aged women...
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.
New CRISPR-based gene therapy for single-gene conditions
A new genome editing approach that replaces a mutated gene with a functional gene copy has the potential to treat monogenic diseases...
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.
Key gene associated with Alzheimer's disease identified
Researchers have identified a new key gene linked to the progression of memory loss in Alzheimer's disease...
Olaparib extends life of ovarian cancer patients with BRCA1/2
Cancer treatment olaparib has been shown to extend the life of relapsed ovarian cancer patients with mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2, by nearly 13 months, when used as a maintenance therapy...
Image by Bill Sanderson via the Wellcome Collection, © Wellcome Trust Ltd 1990. Depicts Laocoön and his family (from Greek and Roman mythology) entwined in coils of DNA.
Biden scraps human fetal tissue research limits while New York stops stem cell research funding
President Joe Biden's administration has reversed the Trump-era decision which restricted federal funding for medical research using human embryos from elective abortions. ..
Image by Bill Sanderson via the Wellcome Collection, © Wellcome Trust Ltd 1990. Depicts Laocoön and his family (from Greek and Roman mythology) entwined in coils of DNA.
Couple discover embryos were lost by clinic 20 years ago
A couple is pursuing legal action against a hospital after learning that their embryos had been lost by the clinic...
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TV Review: The One
'Who ever loved that loved not at first sight?' wrote Christopher Marlow in 1598. Since the ancient Greeks described the exquisite pain of instant passion through the metaphorical sting of Cupid's arrow, humans have embraced the notion of some magical alchemy that makes us fall helplessly for our one 'true' love...
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.
Webinar Review: The Genetics of Addiction
I feel like the majority of my understanding and outlook on addiction has been influenced more by Danny Boyle's Trainspotting than by any scientific research or news story...
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FILM: IVF and Women's Health — What Do We Know? What Do We Need to Find Out?
by BioNews
This film documents a Progress Educational Trust event about the health of women undergoing fertility treatment...
Sorry mate, you're a monkey…
by Dr Anna Smajdor
Many of our legal and moral frameworks are based on natural distinctions...
The emergence of iBlastoids: Time to update the law?
by Dr Patrick Foong
Is an international conversation on the 14-day rule needed in the light of the development of iBlastoids?...