Cells are the building blocks of living things. A human body is made up of around 100 trillion cells.
The origins of the human brain can be traced back to two distinct groups of cells in the developing embryo...
A non-invasive form of PGT-A did not improve pregnancy rates in a clinical trial, but did reduce early miscarriages...
Following two recent cases where a donor withdrew consent after patients created embryos using their sperm, the medical and scientific directors of London Sperm Bank call for UK law to be updated...
Children who have received platinum-based chemotherapy carry a distinct mutational signature in their livers as a result, as well as a higher level of mutations across various healthy tissues...
Dolly the sheep became a global scientific celebrity when she was revealed in 1997. This documentary revisits her cloning, exploring both the science behind her creation and the ethical questions that captured the public imagination…
Dr Tom Turner explores Professor Jennifer Doudna's reflections on the discovery of CRISPR and the future of genome editing in this conversation, which examines one of the most transformative advances in modern biology…
PGT-A is widely used to assess the chromosome status of IVF embryos, but how accurately can a biopsy of just a handful of cells predict an embryo's genetic makeup? Dr Desislava Staneva explains why interpreting PGT-A results is more complex than it may first appear...
Vanillin, a common flavouring used in vapes and e-cigarettes, may pose a risk to embryonic development if inhaled during pregnancy.....
A comprehensive biobank of patient-derived tumour organoids has been developed to map genes that cancer cells depend on for growth and survival...
Fertility clinics have been criticised for advertising mitochondrial donation to women not affected by mitochondrial disease, claiming that it can boost their chances of IVF success...
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