Using a novel technique for chromosome-level genetic engineering, scientists have generated mice with evolutionary genetic changes in the laboratory...
Human remains recovered from a disused well in Norwich have been suggested as the victims of a medieval antisemitic pogrom, according to radiocarbon dating and genetic analysis...
A large-scale genetic analysis has identified ten genes that increase a person's susceptibility to Crohn's disease, expanding scientist's understanding of this complex condition...
A judge in Vermont has ruled that a $5.25 million award of damages to a woman inseminated by her doctor was excessive...
A new rapid test can detect missing or extra chromosomes as part of prenatal and fertility care...
Children born from IVF using frozen embryos may have a higher risk of developing childhood cancer according to a new study; however, the overall risk remains low...
Genetic screening in most couples reveals just five percent of the genetic risk of their child developing a severe neurodevelopmental disorder...
If you are a regular BioNews reader you will have seen that many times we report on exciting findings from genomic studies, only to caveat them with something like 'the data used in this study was all from people of European ancestry, meaning that the results may be less applicable to people from other ethnic backgrounds'...
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Meeting the demand for eggs for research: A new approach to consent?
by Professor Catherine Mills and 1 others
Professor Catherine Mills and PhD candidate Ezra Kneebone from Monash University, Australia discuss the critical shortages of eggs available for fertility treatment and put forward a proposal to counteract this shortage, for both reproductive and research purposes...
FILM: Fertility Frontiers – What Is a 'Permitted' Embryo in Law?
by BioNews
This film documents a PET event about current legal limits on reproductive technology, and whether these limits should be changed....