PCR (polymerase chain reaction) is a technique used for making millions of copies of a particular piece of DNA, requiring only a tiny sample of starting material.
Professors Helen Firth, Clare Turnbull and Anneke Lucassen and Dr Robin Lachmann respond to the publication of an initial list of 223 rare conditions that will be investigated as part of Genomics England's Generation Study...
A new test detects mitochondrial DNA damage in blood cells collected from patients with Parkinson's disease...
This podcast, from the Genetics Society, investigates the effect of the improved level of engagement with science seen during the COVID pandemic on the general public...
Whole genome sequencing has proven a reliable diagnostic technique for 13 inherited neurological disorders, paving the way for more rapid diagnoses via the NHS...
The rapid development of genomic technology over the last decade is apparent in many different areas of our lives...
The second session at the Progress Educational Trust conference 'Fertility, Genomics and COVID-19' cast an expert look at whether COVID-19 affects fertility, and the health of a developing fetus...
COVID-19 patients are testing positive for genetic elements of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, up to 24 days after hospital discharge...
The waiting room was filling up when the Hospital Trust informed us that all elective treatments and procedures were to cease. One by one the patients were led to a private room and gently told the news that they dreaded: that their planned IVF and frozen embryo treatments would be suspended...
As we head into a new phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, there are still many questions unanswered...
A blood test could swiftly detect gene mutations found in lung cancer, allowing faster commencement of treatment...
BioNews, published by the Progress Educational Trust (PET), provides news and comment on genetics, assisted conception, embryo/stem cell research and related areas.
