'Fertility fraud' daughter has two serious genetic conditions
A woman seeking to understand why she has two genetic conditions, despite having no family history, discovered that her mother's fertility doctor is her biological father...
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Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts equipment used for embryo biopsy.
Image by Peter Artymiuk via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts the shadow of a DNA double helix, on a background that shows the fluorescent banding of the output from a DNA sequencing machine.
Long-term gene therapy success for children with rare immunodeficiency
Follow-up of gene therapy-treated children born with an immune disorder has confirmed the treatment is safe and 95 percent effective...
Image by Peter Artymiuk via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts the shadow of a DNA double helix, on a background that shows the fluorescent banding of the output from a DNA sequencing machine.
Image by Peter Artymiuk via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts the shadow of a DNA double helix, on a background that shows the fluorescent banding of the output from a DNA sequencing machine.
Podcast Review: Patient Involvement and Making Lived Experience Count in Regulatory Decisions
In this podcast, Tomasz Grybek discusses his family's personal experience of the rare genetic condition metachromatic leukodystrophy, focusing on the struggle to access treatment, and his journey to becoming a patient representative on the EMA Paediatric Committee...
Image by Matthew Daniels via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts human cells, showing the stages of cell division.
From nuclear bombs to nuclear genomes
Professor of stem cell science, Dusko Ilic, discusses concerns raised by the plans of a US-based startup – the (new) Manhattan Project – to create genome-edited babies…
Image by Peter Artymiuk via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts the shadow of a DNA double helix, on a background that shows the fluorescent banding of the output from a DNA sequencing machine.
What can Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis do for genomics?
Dr Rachel Starr and Professor Jonathan Smith review Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis in the context of genetic counselling and issues related to genetic and genomic medicine...
Image by Peter Artymiuk via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts the shadow of a DNA double helix, on a background that shows the fluorescent banding of the output from a DNA sequencing machine.
Image by Peter Artymiuk via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts the shadow of a DNA double helix, on a background that shows the fluorescent banding of the output from a DNA sequencing machine.
Image by Sílvia Ferreira, Cristina Lopo and Eileen Gentleman via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a single human stem cell embedded within a porous hydrogel matrix (false colour).
Rare immune disease treated successfully with personalised gene therapy
A world-first gene therapy has successfully been used to restore the immune system of a teenager with a rare genetic condition...