Genomics could help predict drug side effects in patients with type 2 diabetes early in the drug development process, according to a study...
Genetic factors influence not just achievement in further education, but also what subjects students take, a study suggests...
The Chinese government is using social media to recruit sperm donors, according to a report in the New York Times...
The parents of a dead Australian man whose sperm has been cryopreserved have said that they will block any attempts by his fiancée to use his sperm in an IVF attempt...
A US federal safety board is set to review an application for the first in-human use of CRISPR/Cas9 genome-editing technology to treat cancer...
Most fertility-tracking websites and phone apps provide women with inaccurate information on the best time to conceive, a study has found...
The Born in Bradford study, which began in 2007, has recorded data prospectively from 12,000 mothers, 4000 fathers and their 14,000 children born in Bradford General Hospital...
Discounted Life is a captivating look into the lives of the women who constituted the production line of India's surrogacy industry at a time when it was still legal and booming...
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Fertility treatment provision in England violates NHS first principles
by Stephen Harbottle
Since its launch in 1948, the NHS has become the world's largest publicly funded health service and a beacon of what is possible to the rest of the world. Unless, it seems, you are finding it hard to conceive...
Pig-human organs: policing the moral boundaries
by Dr Anna Smajdor
The recent of creation of pig embryos with human DNA blurs the boundaries between animals and ourselves, giving us a chance to consider whether our moral categories are correct...