Having inherited two different alleles (alternate versions of a gene or DNA sequence), one from each parent.
When referring to genetic disorders, a heterozygote is usually someone who has one disease and one non-disease allele.
The British Fertility Society has issued new guidance which provides direction on genetic testing in gamete donation in the UK...
A CRISPR genome editing therapy provides sustained reductions in 'bad' cholesterol in people with inherited high cholesterol or premature coronary artery disease, an early-stage clinical trial shows...
Following reports that UK patients are seeking PGT-P – a form of preimplantation genetic testing that involves polygenic scores – Professor Angus Clarke discusses problems with polygenic scores in general, and with PGT-P in particular...
A seventh person appears to have been cured of HIV due to a blood stem cell transplant...
A genetic oral swab test to determine which hormone treatment is best for egg maturation before IVF has been developed...
Menopause occurs an average of nine years earlier in women with two copies of a variant of the CCDC201 gene...
A clinical trial for a CRISPR-based therapy for high-cholesterol has been suspended after a participant developed unforeseen side effects...
A 'NICER' way to edit the genome has been discovered by scientists...
A technique commonly used to amplify minute quantities of DNA to allow genetic testing of early human embryos has been shown to be error-prone. Potentially harmful unintended mutations in genome-edited embryos were also found...
A novel gene therapy which uses base editing to lower cholesterol has been given to the first patient in a clinical trial...
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