Whole genome sequencing is getting faster and cheaper but the huge healthcare benefits this data promises must be balanced by policies that protect patient privacy, says a report by the President's Commission of Bioethics in the USA...
Scientists have developed a 'barcode' blood test that reads genetic changes to pick out the most aggressive prostate cancers...
A gene mutation has been associated with sperm motility and production, offering new insights into male infertility....
A mathematical model has been developed that predicts the probability that a couple will become pregnant...
Up to three experimental drugs will be trialled to determine if they can be used to prevent the development of Alzheimer's disease...
Scientists have successfully implanted human neural stem cells into the brains of children with a rare neurological disorder...
Using blue light as the trigger, scientists have developed a laboratory technique to control where and when genes are expressed within cells...
Twenty-one genes linked with cholesterol and other fat levels in the blood have been identified by a consortium of over 180 researchers worldwide....
'Win a Baby' follows the trials and tribulations of Camille Strachan, a former City worker and model, who plans to launch the UK's first IVF lottery. Unlike many documentaries where the maker's own thoughts are thrust in front of anyone else's, the commentary is fairly neutral, allowing viewers space to form their own opinions...
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What Gurdon and Yamanaka's Nobel Prize means to the stem cell community
by Dr Dusko Ilic
It took 50 years for the Nobel committee to acknowledge one of the key developments in biology...
Whose family is it anyway?
by Dr Stevie de Saille
In 'Whose Sperm is it Anyway?', Dr Anna Smajdor writes that the law should not be changed to require spousal consent for the donation of sperm. While I do not disagree with this assertion, we should perhaps not be so quick to dismiss the claim for gametes as 'marital assets' solely because of the terms upon which it is based...