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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.
Gene variant linked to breast cancer metastasis discovered
The identification of a common gene variant found in 70 percent of white women suggests breast cancer metastasis may be a hereditary disorder...
Image by Matthew Daniels via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts human cells, showing the stages of cell division.
South Africa may allow heritable human genome editing
In a significant update to its health research ethics guidelines, South Africa has introduced a new framework covering heritable human genome editing...
Image by Matthew Daniels via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts human cells, showing the stages of cell division.
The continued impact of the CRISPR revolution
This piece by Vanessa Burns, exploring 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...
Image by Matthew Daniels via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts human cells, showing the stages of cell division.
Ethics of germline genome editing to prevent genetic diseases from an Islamic perspective
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)...
Image by Matthew Daniels via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts human cells, showing the stages of cell division.
Film Review: Lost Voices
Six perspectives on the ethical questions around genome editing are explored in this film commissioned by the Francis Crick Institute...
Event Review: Gene Editing – A new legal frontier
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...
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.
Half of US prostate cancer patients with inherited risk genes missed
US men with prostate cancer could be missing out on targeted treatments because they do not meet the current guidelines for genetic testing...
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.
Nutrients diverted to fetus by gene inherited from father
Maternal metabolism is 'remote controlled' by the father's 'greedy' gene during pregnancy, according to new research by Cambridge scientists...
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.
Event Review: Genomics Lite – Exploring cancer genetics in focus
Relationship officer, Zoe Sheard, and scientific communications officer, Leonie Hodges, discuss their work on the Catalogue of Somatic Mutations in Cancer, indelibly branded as COSMIC, in this Genomics Lite webinar...