US scientists have delayed cancer cell growth by using genome editing to remove a protein...
The first cancer drug based on a specific genetic feature has been approved by the US drugs regulator...
The UK Court of Appeal has upheld the High Court's decision that an experimental treatment offered by a US doctor will not benefit ill baby Charlie Gard, and could cause significant pain and distress...
Mouse sperm stored aboard the International Space Station for nine months has been used to produce healthy pups back on Earth...
A study of almost 80,000 people has identified 40 new genes linked to intelligence...
A giant scanner has been successfully used to sort 'good' sperm from 'bad'...
The German Parliament has passed the Sperm Donor Registry Act, which will allow children born from 2018 onwards to access their donors' information...
The opening of the The Centre for Reproduction Research at De Montfort University on 24 March 2017 was marked through an afternoon seminar of short lectures by three leading scholars: Emily Jackson, professor of law at London School of Economics, Maureen
A moving love story, but a missed opportunity to explore ethical issues in IVF...
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Autism and smoking during pregnancy - a mitochondrial inheritance
by Professor David Skuse
In recent years, there has been an explosion in the number of children diagnosed with autism. There is seemingly one in every classroom, most of them boys; some are quiet and nerdy, others may be disruptive and aggressive. Most have normal intelligence, a
Donor-conceived people do benefit from being told about their conception
by Professor Eric Blyth and 3 others
Professor Guido Pennings' provocatively entitled BioNews commentary 'Donor children do not benefit from being told about their conception' purports to highlight the shortcomings of existing research supporting a pro-disclosure agenda and castigates couns