Recurrent miscarriage could be caused by a lack of resident stem cells in the lining of the womb, according to a study...
Scientists have shown that stem cells found in the eye can restore vision in children with cataracts...
Genetic-testing company Ambry Genetics has launched a huge database of cancer-patient genetics, freely available to the public...
A rare genetic mutation that causes high levels of 'good' cholesterol also appears to block its positive effects, increasing the risk of heart disease by 80 percent...
Scientists have developed a blood test that captures tumour DNA from stray cancer cells circulating in the blood and allows them to monitor genetic changes in skin cancer...
An IVF clinic in the UK has announced that it will offer sperm donors the chance to nominate a friend or family member for free IVF treatment....
The US Supreme Court has declined to hear a man's appeal against a ruling that gave his ex-partner a right to use embryos the couple had created together...
At a first glance, Timeless looked like a perfumery or a beauty clinic, the walls covered with carefully placed bottles and boxes in pastel colours. But nothing in the shop was actually for sale. Rather, this was a pop-up egg-freezing 'shop'...
Tania Simoncelli's narrates the story of the successful legal challenge against Myriad Genetics' BRCA patents, but may have missed an opportunity to consider the broader impact of gene patenting...
Comment
Disrespectful and immoral: retrospective legislation on donor anonymity
by Professor Guido Pennings
The State Legislature of Victoria has decided unilaterally to break their agreements with the sperm donors who donated before 1998 and will reveal their identity. It is difficult to imagine a measure that shows more disrespect for both donors and recipients...