The uptake of genomic medicine could be hampered by funding gaps in the NHS, according to a report by the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee...
'Cell-free' CRISPR has been developed by scientists at the Christine Care Health System's Gene Editing Institute in Delaware, allowing them to extract cellular DNA and make multiple, significant edits to the genetic code...
A lesbian couple in Italy has been asked to declare that their baby was naturally conceived in order to register him at the public records office...
A new Ten Minute Rule Bill was introduced on 18 April which, if passed, will end the IVF 'postcode lottery' in the UK...
The first major dataset from the Human Cell Atlas, a multi-year effort to catalogue the estimated 37.2 trillion cells of the human body, has been released...
A clinical trial that used a new gene therapy to treat beta-thalassemia has shown very promising results...
Taking painkillers during pregnancy could affect the future fertility of the fetus, suggests research on human tissue and in mice...
Being an unashamed enthusiast for genetics and genomics research and its potential to improve human health, I was delighted when an email announcing the unveiling of the Personal Genome Project (PGP) UK pilot study arrived in my inbox...
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Campaign for UK Parliament to extend the 10-year storage limit on egg freezing
by Professor Joyce Harper and 3 others
In the UK, the storage limit for eggs frozen for social reasons is currently limited to ten years: too short for healthy young women wanting to preserve their opportunities to conceive later in life...