Gay couple denied surrogacy challenges Utah law
A married gay male couple in Utah is challenging the state's law that says couples need to prove that a woman is unable to have children before turning to surrogacy...
News
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
Asthma link to increased need for fertility treatment
Women with asthma are more likely to undergo fertility treatment than those without the disease, suggests new research...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
Australian court mulls woman's bid to use dead boyfriend's sperm
An Australian court is considering whether a woman can use her dead partner's sperm to have a baby...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
Environmental chemicals affect sperm epigenetics
A type of chemical found in various personal beauty products and plastics may affect sperm and lower reproductive success, according to a new study...
Cancer mutations explored using organoids and CRISPR
Organoids and CRISPR/Cas9 have been combined in a novel method to study genetic mutations occurring in 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.
Brain has 'genetic calendar' for ageing
A 'genetic lifespan calendar' of lifelong gene expression changes has been discovered in human and mouse brains...
Reviews
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.
Book Review: How to Code a Human
Genomics may herald a bright future - for those who understand it. But what about those who do not? Dr Kat Arney's new book 'How to Code a Human' is a beautiful example of how complicated genetic topics can be simplified and clarified to make them unders
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Tough times should not affect access to fertility treatments in Northern Ireland
by Dr Michelle Rodgers
In 1948, UK health secretary Aneurin Bevan spearheaded the creation of the National Health Service with the aim of providing healthcare access to all, irrespective of a patient's financial situation. The NHS has since become the world's largest publicly f
What does consent mean for Generation Genome?
by Professor Becki Bennett
A public event held on 11 September 2017, Manchester by the Progress Educational Trust...