Relating to genetic information that cannot be inherited by the next generation (all body cells apart from egg and sperm cells, and their precursors).
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...
The latest genome editing approaches and treatments, as well as ethical issues and equitable access, were discussed at the Third International Summit on Human Genome Editing...
A 'cell atlas' map of gene expression in endometriosis has been created to help improve understanding and treatment of the condition...
More human genes have been identified as driving cancer development than previously assumed...
Functional sperm have been developed in vitro from rat stem cells and used to fertilise eggs and produce healthy offspring for the first time...
The Progress Educational Trust recently arranged a lineup of key figures at the vanguard of different aspects of genome editing, who, during the event, canvassed their opinions and current research...
The Centre for Bioethics and Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts, presented a fascinating talk on the opportunities for great medical advancements, and grave harm, presented to researchers by CRISPR/Cas9 and other apporaches to genome editing...
Researchers have successfully decoded the human embryogenesis process by tracking somatic mutations in adult tissues.
A mechanism for boosting the activity of a DNA repair protein involved in Huntington's disease has been discovered, creating a potential treatment avenue...
A recent study has found that as many as one in 15 men carry mutations in their sperm that could impact the health of their children...
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