Two arrests in Israel after IVF baby with haemophilia variant born
Two fertility clinic staff in Israel have been arrested over the transfer of embryos imported from Georgia, carrying a haemophilia B variant...
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Two fertility clinic staff in Israel have been arrested over the transfer of embryos imported from Georgia, carrying a haemophilia B variant...
The NHS has expanded access to its bowel cancer screening service for people with Lynch syndrome...
The Nuffield Council on Bioethics recently published a report identifying gaps in ethical guidance available to those working in UK-based genomic research and healthcare. In this article, Danielle Hamm, director of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics discusses how and why these need to be addressed in a coordinated way...
by Blair Sowry
A Connecticut woman discovered that her ex-boyfriend is her half-brother, after it transpired a fertility doctor used his own sperm in her mother's treatment...
by Dr Elena Tucker and 1 others
Premature ovarian insufficiency is a relatively common cause of female infertility, leading to a menopause-like state before age 40. Dr Elena Tucker and Professor Andew Sinclair from the Unversity of Melbourne, Australia, explain the advances in understanding the genomic component of this condition...
by Ochuko Oyeye
A two-year pilot trialling genomic technology that enables rapid detection of infectious diseases has received funding from NHS England and the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology...
A worker at a fertility clinic in the Netherlands substituted his own sperm in patient treatments, resulting in at least 11 children...
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has recommended changes to the law that governs fertility treatment and embryo research in the UK...
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