23 new genes linked to cancer spread
Researchers have identified 23 genes that are linked to metastasis — the spread of cancer cells to other parts of the body...
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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.
First pregnant man in UK through sperm donation
A 20-year-old man, who was originally born female, is the first in the UK to become pregnant through sperm donation after the NHS refused to pay for egg freezing...
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 fingerprint identifies aggressive prostate cancer
Canadian scientists have identified a genetic fingerprint that indicates which prostate cancer tumours may develop into a more aggressive form of the disease after treatment...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
IVF clinics are advertising misleading success rates, study finds
A number of IVF clinics in the UK could be misleading people with their advertised success rates, a study suggests...
Image by Sílvia Ferreira, Cristina Lopo and Eileen Gentleman via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a single human stem cell embedded within a porous hydrogel matrix (false colour).
Stem cell treatment restores light sensitivity in blind mice
Scientists have partially reversed blindness in mice using lab-grown retinas made from skin cells...
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.
Discussion of ethics of new IVG technique is needed, say US experts
Three US experts say public conversation should begin now on the ethical challenges raised by a new fertility technology that could reprogram any human cell into eggs and sperm...
Italian court rules surrogate twins are not brothers
Twin boys born to a same-sex couple through surrogacy do not have the legal status of brothers, according to an Italian court...
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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.
Podcast Review: Big Unknowns — can we stop ageing?
Is ageing inevitable, or can it be stopped? The Guardian Science Weekly podcast explored the latest thinking in the science of ageing...
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Professor Sir Ian Wilmut in conversation with Dr Roger Highfield
by Dr Kirsty Horsey
The third session of the Progress Educational Trust's annual conference featured Professor Sir Ian Wilmut in conversation with Roger Highfield, former Telegraph science editor and now Director of External Affairs for the Science Museum Group...