Genetically identical twins born with different eye and skin colour
Two baby girls from County Durham are thought to be the first genetically identical twins in the UK to be born with different eye and skin colour...
Relating to genetic information that cannot be inherited by the next generation (all body cells apart from egg and sperm cells, and their precursors).
Two baby girls from County Durham are thought to be the first genetically identical twins in the UK to be born with different eye and skin colour...
We report from the third session of the annual conference of the Progress Educational Trust, titled 'Genome Editing and CRISPR: The Science of Engineering the Embryo', which discussed these new technologies and how they might be used in the future...
We report from the first session of the annual conference of the Progress Educational Trust, titled 'From Three-Person IVF to Genome Editing: the Science and the Ethics of Engineering the Embryo', in which Professor Azim Surani discussed the germline...
An international summit has agreed conditions under which human genome editing, using techniques like CRISPR, should proceed...
Scientists have reported on a method that allows successful 3D bioprinting of adult stem cells...
The influential Hinxton group has said that the genetic modification of human embryos should be allowed...
Recent findings linking the FTO gene to adipose cell energy use not only revealed a molecular mechanism that contributes to obesity, but they are also an exemplar of how genome-wide association study findings can make the journey to clinical relevance...
by James Brooks
Blood tests of a woman who lived to 115 have revealed that when she died the majority of the white blood cells in her body originated from just two stem cells...
I could tell straight away that Canadian dentist Michael Zuk, who invested in John Lennon's rotten molar in the hope of cloning the great musician, is a big fan of Michael Crichton's 'Jurassic Park'...
Genetic mutations passed on from mothers may speed up the ageing process and shorten life expectancy, according to a study on mice...
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