Single-nucleotide differences in a DNA sequence that are associated with an inherited cancer risk have been identified through a large-scale screening study...
The identification of a common gene variant found in 70 percent of white women suggests breast cancer metastasis may be a hereditary disorder...
In a significant update to its health research ethics guidelines, South Africa has introduced a new framework covering heritable human genome editing...
This piece by Vanessa Burns, exploring the impact the impact that CRISPR-based genome editing will have over the next 25 years, won the second prize in the inaugural Marcus Pembrey BioNews Writing Competition...
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)...
Six perspectives on the ethical questions around genome editing are explored in this film commissioned by the Francis Crick Institute...
Professor Imogen Goold's lecture about the ethical issues surrounding the use of genome editing in humans gets Ruth Retassie thinking about how our society treats disability...
US men with prostate cancer could be missing out on targeted treatments because they do not meet the current guidelines for genetic testing...
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