CRISPR gene therapy for sickle cell approved for NHS use
Gene therapy, Casgevy, has been recommended for use on the NHS in England for some people living with a severe form of sickle cell disease...
The National Health Service (NHS) is a publicly funded healthcare system in the United Kingdom.
Gene therapy, Casgevy, has been recommended for use on the NHS in England for some people living with a severe form of sickle cell disease...
by Dr Tara Clancy and 2 others
The British Society for Genetic Medicine responds to Conservative MP Richard Holden's proposed bill to ban first-cousin marriage...
The latest PET event focused on access to and funding for preimplantation genetic testing, specifically in relation to monogenic conditions and chromosomal structural rearrangements...
Dr Kay Elder remembers her work with Dr Robert Edwards and Dr Patrick Steptoe, and the early challenges and successes of IVF...
This online event was an apt and informative discussion of the complex and varied reasons health records are so important to children and young people in adoption, fostering and kinship care...
Professor Alison Murdoch has been awarded an MBE in the King's New Year Honours List for services to fertility treatment...
by Éilis Mathur
The first two episodes of BBC Radio 4's 'The Gift' shares with its listeners an almost unbelievable story of what really happens when babies are swapped at birth...
A recent report published by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority showed that same-sex couples and single women are less likely to obtain fertility treatment on the NHS, with opposite-sex couples three times more likely to be given NHS funding...
More research to better understand the needs of IVF patients with complicated conditions, is necessary to understand the risks they face, writes Dr Thanos Papathanasiou…
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