Book Review: Jackets and Genes
Dr Joanne Delange, genetics editor at BioNews, reviews the first of a series of educational books on DNA and genetics aimed at schoolchildren with her nine year old daughter, Sophia...
Dr Joanne Delange, genetics editor at BioNews, reviews the first of a series of educational books on DNA and genetics aimed at schoolchildren with her nine year old daughter, Sophia...
This book aims to link medical genetics and the law, and hopes to educate readers in all aspects of genetics that are of current relevance, and to indicate potential problems in the present and in the future. Here is Dr Eleanor Taylor's review of the book...
A CRISPR-based form of genome editing that can replace entire genes may offer a new way to treat some genetic diseases...
by Ahmed Amer
Ahmed Amer reviews a tale of male infertility, diagnosis and IVF success...
The Progress Educational Trust, in partnership with the Scottish Government, brought together a group of experts to cut through the hype and jargon and explain the latest developments in genetics/genomics in the context of assisted conception...
Sertoli cells, which are crucial to sperm formation, have been recreated in the lab using pluripotent stem cells, to help study the earliest stages of sex determination...
Artificial intelligence could be used in future as a non-invasive tool for predicting aneuploidy in embryos new research demonstrates...
A new genetic mechanism for determining sex has been discovered in spiny rats, shedding light on the evolution and degeneration of the Y chromosome...
A 'drag-and-drop' genome editing approach succeeds in inserting 36,000 DNA base pairs in the human genome, offering a potential treatment for genetic disorders such as cystic fibrosis...
Epigenetic changes to DNA can be inherited by multiple generations of offspring, new research has shown...
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