The unborn offspring of a mammal. In humans, this stage of development lasts from nine weeks after fertilisation until birth.
Researchers have unravelled how mutations in a single gene can cause abnormal brain development in fetuses and babies...
The conflation of abortion law with access to IVF has been inevitable since Roe was overturned…
Dr Sayyed Mohamed Muhsin and Dr Alexis Heng Boon Chin give an ethical analysis of germline genome editing to prevent genetic diseases based on Islamic legal maxims (Qawaid Fiqhiyyah)...
Developing guidelines for research using fetal tissues in Japan, and 'the argument of potential' as an ethical consideration for embryos and integrated embryo models are discussed in this Human Developmental Biology Initiative ethics seminar...
Two clinical studies, trialing different gene therapies, have improved the hearing of children with a rare form of congenital deafness...
A rhesus monkey has been successfully cloned and has become the first of its kind to reach adulthood, Chinese scientists have revealed...
Brain organoids developed from fetal tissue offer a new way to model brain diseases and aid in drug testing....
Alcohol's effect on sperm DNA has been shown to persist for at least one month after stopping exposure, in mice...
The fourth session of the PET 2023 Annual Conference 'Looking to the Law: In the Clinic, in the Lab, in the Court' featured expert speakers in areas of embryo research, fertility counselling, and reproductive medical law...
The final session of PET's annual conference, 'Adapting to Change: Is Agreement Possible?', addressed questions of law reform in the areas of donor anonymity, research on embryos and the regulation of reproductive technologies more generally…
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