US citizenship now granted to babies born abroad via IVF and surrogacy
The USA will now grant citizenship to more babies born abroad via surrogacy...
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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.
UK government to develop global standards and policies to share genomic data
The UK Government has announced a year-long implementation plan that it hopes will position the UK as a global leader in genomic healthcare...
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.
Cambridge scientists win technology award for their DNA sequencing method
The Millennium Technology Prize has been awarded to UK researchers who developed a widely used approach to genome sequencing...
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.
Development of personalised models of cognitive decline
A new model able to predict cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease could help to develop personalised treatments...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
Homeopathy article banned after claiming it can help infertility
The UK advertising regulator has concluded that a page on Homeopathy UK's website discouraged people from seeking essential medical treatment for conditions including infertility...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
Microfluidics system automates embryo freezing and reduces cryoinjuries
An automated embryo freezing process has been developed to reduce the likelihood of damage from freezing, or 'cryoinjuries', that can occur when the process is performed manually...
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.
Mother's mitochondria can affect children's height, longevity and disease risk
Mitochondria influence not only our energy levels but also our risk of certain diseases...
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Event Review: Queer Conceptions — Families in the 21st Century
What makes a family? What was once probably a simple question to answer can now be complicated (or 'queered'). There are now various models of family to consider, which departs from the 'traditional' ideal of a married, cisgender man and woman with bioge
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Informed consent to non-invasive prenatal testing: findings from a qualitative study in Lebanon and in Quebec
by Dr Hazar Haidar
Non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) was first introduced in 2011, when breakthroughs in sequencing technology allowed the analysis of cell-free fetal DNA (cffDNA) in maternal blood to detect genetic abnormalities in the foetus, such as trisomy 21 (Down
Surrogacy and the COVID-19 vaccine — a UK perspective
by Sarah Taylor-Jones
It is reported that surrogacy agencies in the USA have been so overwhelmed by requests for unvaccinated surrogates that it has now become a new matching criterion that the agencies use when placing surrogates to work with intended parents...