Latin for 'within the glass'. Refers to experiments performed in a controlled environment like a test tube or culture media, rather than inside a living organism.
Dr Desislava Staneva reviews The Second Creation, exploring the science behind Dolly the sheep, the history of cloning and how genome editing has changed the field…
New evidence suggests that a widely debated IVF add-on does not increase clinical pregnancy rates...
The US Food and Drug Administration has outlined a framework that could allow multiple related, patient-specific genome editing therapies to be covered by a single approval, for patients with different genetic variants of the same gene...
Researchers working in childhood cancer survivorship explain how patient-derived stem cells could one day expand fertility restoration options, for boys whose cancer treatment has damaged their developing testes…
Human organoids transplanted into mouse brains can grow and form connections with the surrounding nervous system...
Dr Naomi Moris and an international group of colleagues propose three broad categories of ethical value and five categories of morally relevant biological features that can inform oversight of research involving human stem-cell-based embryo models...
Lead author of the Regulatory Horizons Council's report on in vitro gametogenesis, Dr Andy Greenfield, argues that the UK should begin preparing now for emerging reproductive technologies, taking an anticipatory approach to regulation...
Neurons can experience and repair DNA breaks during healthy brain development, particularly as they migrate through tightly packed regions of the developing brain...
Coordinated best practice guidance and a pivot to a forward-looking regulatory approach to emerging biotechnologies can enable neural organoid research to flourish responsibly, protecting ethical standards and public confidence...
Professor Emma Cave explores how adaptive governance and regulatory sandboxing could help the UK support emerging biotechnologies while maintaining public trust and effective oversight…
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