An approach which significantly improves the ability to modify mitochondrial DNA in living cells has been developed by scientists in South Korea...
A widower is seeking High Court approval to use a single remaining embryo he created with his deceased wife, for which he has no written consent...
A novel mutation in a gene called TLR7 has been identified as directly linked to the development of lupus...
A gene has been identified in mice that allows the differentiation of inner cochlear hair cells in the ear from outer cochlear hair cells...
A married couple from Malta who were not allowed to continue IVF have been awarded €8000 in damages by the European Court of Human Rights...
A prenatal blood test that is able to detect gene changes that cause the most common childhood eye cancer, has been launched by the NHS in England to allow the development of a treatment plan before birth...
Precursors to the stem cells that make blood have been derived in vitro from human pluripotent stem cells for the first time...
While viruses and vaccines are not typical topics for a genetics and assisted reproduction newsletter, the past two years have seen a shift in BioNews coverage to include various COVID-19-related developments...
The use of polygenic risk scores for embryo selection has come up repeatedly over the past year so I was excited to attend a talk on the subject at the Fertility 2022 conference...
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Singapore permits social egg freezing, but should there be a legal loophole for single motherhood and overseas surrogacy?
by Dr Alexis Heng Boon Chin
Recently, the Singapore Government announced that non-medical egg freezing will be permitted from 2023 onwards...
Legalisation of mitochondrial donation in Australia: What comes next?
by Karinne Ludlow and 1 others
In this commentary, we consider the road to legalisation in Australia, the key aspects of this legislation, and some remaining unanswered questions...