Mitochondrial and nuclear DNA mismatch may impact ageing
The interaction between mitochondrial and nuclear DNA may have implications for health, metabolism and ageing, according to a new study...
News
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.
BRCA mutations linked to prostate and uterine cancers
Genetic mutations on several genes including BRCA2 have been associated with prostate cancer; while in a separate study, a BRCA1 mutation has been linked to a particular form of uterine cancer...
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.
Genetic risk scores could predict Alzheimer's
Researchers looking at multiple genes have developed risk scores that could identify those most likely to develop Alzheimer's disease in later life...
Eggs successfully grown from two-year-old cancer patient
A two-year-old girl has become the youngest person to undergo a new technique that could preserve her fertility after chemotherapy...
Sperm donor children with single parents 'well adjusted'
Donor-conceived children born to single women are equally well adjusted as those from two-parent donor-conceived families, according to a recent UK study examining the views of single mothers and children aged between four and nine years old...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
Virus linked to unexplained infertility in women
A little-known virus has been found in the uteruses of around half of women with unexplained infertility, a study has found...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
ESHRE 2016: Research highlights
A roundup of research stories from the annual meeting European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology that hit the headlines this week...
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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.
Event Review: The Ethics of Human Artificial Gametes
A symposium titled 'The Ethics of Human Artificial Gametes' was recently held at the International Association of Bioethics 13th World Congress of Bioethics in Edinburgh to discuss the ethics of human artificial gametes...
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Podcast: Can Women Put Motherhood on Ice?
by Sandy Starr
Can egg freezing deliver on its promise? Does the possibility of delaying motherhood mean winning the battle for gender equality, or does it mean the opposite?...
A victory for consent — but what about the welfare of the child?
by Kriss Fearon
A couple whose daughter died of cancer, leaving frozen eggs in storage, has recently won the right to have their request for export reconsidered by the HFEA. There are a number of troubling features of the case which deserve proper scrutiny...