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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.
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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 sequencing output from an automated DNA sequencing machine.
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30 November 2015 • 5 minutes read

Genome editing and CRISPR: what Washington needs to know

by Dr Silvia Camporesi and 1 others

It is important to engage the public in the debate about genome editing as early as possible, and in a way that is as open as possible, to make sure that all possible voices are included...

Image by Bill Sanderson via the Wellcome Collection, © Wellcome Trust Ltd 1990. Depicts Laocoön and his family (from Greek and Roman mythology) entwined in coils of DNA.
Image by Bill Sanderson via the Wellcome Collection, © Wellcome Trust Ltd 1990. Depicts Laocoön and his family entwined in coils of DNA (based on the figure of Laocoön from Greek and Roman mythology).
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30 November 2015 • 4 minutes read

We must support parents in being open with their donor-conceived children

by Nina Barnsley and 2 others

The resounding message that came from the recent PET/NGDT event was that more needs to be done to support parents of donor-conceived children in telling them about their origins...

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30 November 2015 • 2 minutes read

Podcast: 10 Years Since the End of Donor Anonymity - Have We Got It Right?

If you missed '10 Years Since the End of Donor Anonymity: Have We Got It Right?', a debate organised by the Progress Educational Trust (PET) in partnership with the National Gamete Donation Trust, then you are in luck. This podcast, produced by Pod Academy, captures some of the highlights from the debate....

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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.
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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 sequencing output from an automated DNA sequencing machine.
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27 November 2015 • 3 minutes read

'Gene drive' could halt malaria transmission

by Ayala Ochert

Using 'gene drive' technology, scientists have created mosquitoes with malaria-resistant genes that could spread rapidly into wild mosquito populations, potentially wiping out the disease in some areas...

Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
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Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
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30 November 2015 • 1 minute read

Obamacare may have boosted fertility-sparing cervical cancer treatment

by Dr Mary Yarwood

More young women in the USA with cervical cancer are having fertility-sparing treatment due to earlier diagnosis...

Image by Dr Christina Weis. © Christina Weis
Image by Dr Christina Weis. © Christina Weis
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27 November 2015 • 2 minutes read

US TV star must remain legal parent to child born via surrogacy

by Cait McDonagh

An appeals court in Pennsylvania, USA, has ruled that a woman is to remain the legal parent of a child born through surrogacy, despite separating from her husband before the child was born...

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.
CC BY 4.0
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 sequencing output from an automated DNA sequencing machine.
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30 November 2015 • 2 minutes read

Genes essential to human life — and cancer — identified

by Dr Jane Currie

Scientists have used genome-editing technology to identify a core set of 1580 genes that are essential to human life...

Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
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Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
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14 September 2016 • 2 minutes read

Progesterone does not help women with recurrent miscarriages

by Rikita Patel

Progesterone supplementation in the first trimester of pregnancy does not improve outcomes for women with unexplained recurrent miscarriages, according to a large clinical trial...

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.
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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 sequencing output from an automated DNA sequencing machine.
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30 November 2015 • 2 minutes read

Woman sues clinic for failing to detect genetic carrier status

by Dr Antony Starza-Allen

A woman is suing a fertility clinic in Australia for failing to detect that she was a carrier of a genetic mutation during pre-pregnancy testing, after her sons were later born with an inherited condition....

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Image by Dr Christina Weis. © Christina Weis
Image by Dr Christina Weis. © Christina Weis
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30 November 2015 • 4 minutes read

TV Review: Unreported World — Mexico's Baby Business

by Jessica Richardson

A Channel 4 documentary about the surrogacy business in Mexico exposes some alarming practices...

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