Scientists have altered the Cas9 enzyme, increasing the number of sites that can be targeted by the CRISPR/Cas9 approach to genome-editing...
The UK court of appeal has upheld the right of the parents of a sperm donor to spend time with their biological grandson...
Two separate genomic studies of childhood cancers reveal differences compared with adult cancers, potentially opening new therapeutic avenues...
Scientists have coaxed human 'progenitor' cells from the pancreas to develop into the glucose-sensitive beta cells, and discovered their exact location within the organ...
Bacteria commonly found on skin could be used as a treatment against skin cancer, researchers at the University of California, San Diego, have found...
Government guidance has been issued for couples considering surrogacy in England and Wales, for the first time...
'If you've had one child with a major problem, will it happen again? If several members of your family have developed an early onset neurological disorder, you say, will it be me?'...
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The silent seed
by Dr Anna Smajdor
A person's death need no longer spell the end of his or her future reproductive possibilities. A dead or dying person can have their reproductive tissue removed to enable someone else to have a child...