Failure in sperm growth is linked to testicular cancer
Early embryonic germ cells, which fail to develop into sperm cells, may later become testicular cancer cells, a study in mice has shown...
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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 sequencing method for studying genetic changes in any human tissue
Scientists are able to study changes in single DNA molecules of any human tissue with unprecedented accuracy, for the first time...
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 corrects a Duchenne muscular dystrophy deletion mutation in mice
Two genome editing approaches can correct a variety of mutations associated with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, researchers have shown...
Surrogacy couple win court costs after challenging hotel quarantine
An Irish couple who challenged quarantine rules which could have prevented them returning home with their newborn baby, have been awarded legal costs by the High Court...
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 algorithm developed to improve personalised cancer therapy
A new algorithm could improve the personalisation of cancer medicine by recognising tumours which may be sensitive to specific treatments...
Image by K Hardy via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human embryo at the blastocyst stage (about six days after fertilisation) 'hatching' out of the zona pellucida.
Synthetic mouse embryos made with stem cells show differentiation
Cells in synthetic mouse embryos have been shown to have gene expression profiles resembling those of the three initial cell lines of a mammalian embryo: the trophectoderm, epiblast and endoderm...
Ageing impairs critical final egg maturation stage
Oocytes mature differently in older women, in a process that could contribute to a decrease in fertility, a study from scientists in Barcelona, Spain has shown...
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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.
Podcast Review: A Brief History of CRISPR — How we learned to edit the genome
This genetic society podcast gives us a brief look into the history of genome editing and the various techniques that have been developed that have led us to where we are today...
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The question of embryohood
by Professor David Jones
Students of bioethics sometimes imagine that the philosophical, moral and legal status of the human embryo is reducible to the single question: 'Is the human embryo a person?'...
FILM: The Special Status of Mary Warnock — From Fertility Treatment to Embryo Research
by BioNews
This film documents a Progress Educational Trust event about the enduring legacy of the late Baroness Mary Warnock...