Scientists have fine tuned the genome-editing tool CRISPR so that it can now edit a single 'letter' of DNA...
A study has found that stem cells from older people accumulate high numbers of mitochondrial DNA mutations, which could limit their therapeutic value...
Genetic factors relating to physical maturation and personality may influence the age at which people first have sex, a study has found...
AstraZeneca has signed deals with the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and two other institutions to launch one of the largest genome-sequencing efforts yet undertaken...
Women with a mutation in the breast-cancer susceptibility gene BRCA1 may have reduced numbers of eggs left in their ovaries, according to a study led by Australian scientists...
Chinese scientists have successfully grown mouse embryos in space, the first reported development of mammalian embryos in space history...
A UK court has struck out a claim brought against a hospital for failing to diagnose a genetic disorder when testing the claimants' second cousin three years previously...
A UK court has allowed the DNA of a deceased man to be tested for the purposes of establishing paternity and to also confirm family medical history...
John Walton was a pioneer in myology, the field of clinical muscle research, and a key figure in Parliamentary debates about mitochondrial donation...
Dr Kat Arney guides us through the weird and wonderful and convoluted mess that is genetics, but manages to make the complicated concepts accessible...
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The Birds, the Bees and Fertility Treatment: A Sting in the Tale?
by Dr Rachel Montgomery
This event, organised by the Progress Educational Trust, generated a lively debate about what — if anything — children should be taught at school about infertility...
How to avoid selling out - public attitudes to commercial access to health data
by Dr Barbara Prainsack
A recent Wellcome Trust report says the public are worried about the 'one-way mirror', which allows companies full access to health data while the public know little about what they are doing with it and whom they're sharing it with...