How should we use genomic data in assisted reproduction?
Advances in genomics are having a growing impact on fertility treatment and assisted reproduction...
A person who carries a gene mutation that can cause a genetic condition.
The carrier may be unaffected by the genetic condition, but can pass on the mutated gene to their children, who could be affected.
by Sandy Starr
Advances in genomics are having a growing impact on fertility treatment and assisted reproduction...
Genome sequencing has been used to shed light on the genetic causes of breast cancer in African woman and develop a model to predict breast cancer risk...
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has granted permission for doctors to create the UK's first 'three-person' children by mitochondrial donation.
A new study has found that BRCA gene mutations do not affect the survival rates of breast cancer patients under 40...
A newly identified genetic mutation causes members of an Italian family to be unable to feel pain and could lead to the development of new painkillers, research suggests...
by Ewa Zotow
The first ever report on the state of the fertility sector has been released by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA). It highlights marked improvements in several aspects of performance, including the reduction in multiple births rates,
by Ewa Zotow
Researchers have discovered a gene which may reduce the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease...
by Nina Chohan
The New York fertility clinic Reproductive Medicine Associates is facing two lawsuits from couples whose children, conceived using donor eggs from the centre, have Fragile X syndrome...
The US Food and Drugs Administration has further deregulated direct-to-consumer genetic health risk tests, meaning that some will be approved for market without a pre-market review...
Genetic testing for cystic fibrosis, fragile X syndrome and spinal muscular atrophy is recommended for all would-be parents by a study in Australia...
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