Scientists have identified a new version of the gene-editing technique CRISPR, which could enable greater precision in the editing of genomes, while making its use simpler and more flexible...
A genetic test that can identify women with early-stage breast cancer who can be spared unnecessary treatment with chemotherapy has been shown to be effective in a clinical study...
Single women in the UK who have never had sex are using IVF to have 'virgin births', reports the Mail on Sunday....
A potential treatment for wet age-related macular degeneration has been carried out for the first time...
Reactivation of an ancient virus embedded in the human genome may trigger the onset of motor neurone disease...
North East Essex Clinical Commissioning Group has announced that it is ending its IVF funding, and fertility treatment will only be available to specific groups of patients...
An international team of scientists from the 1000 Genomes Project Consortium has created the world's largest catalogue of genomic differences among humans...
'My Life as the World’s First Test-Tube Baby' is a must-read for anyone who works in this sector — especially those who are too young to remember the circumstances around Louise Brown's birth...
A workshop organised to facilitate further in-depth ethical discussions about mitochondrial donation was recently held at the Centre of Medical Law and Ethics...
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In future we'll all access our genomes online
by Terry Vrijenhoek
A recent case in the Netherlands, in which a young woman got hereditary breast cancer because she was unaware that her deceased aunt had a breast cancer gene, has sparked a debate in the country over who is responsible for passing on such information - patients or doctors...