A novel CRISPR-based gene therapy has been shown to reduce the level of antibiotic resistant E. coli within the gastrointestinal tract...
Israel's Health Ministry is considering nationalising the country's IVF clinics to avoid future bad practice, following its expert report which found that 'economic considerations' caused the Assuta embryo mix-up scandal...
Polygenic scores can enhance the accuracy of prostate cancer screening tests to detect aggressive cancers and help avoid some unnecessary biopsies...
UK politicians have requested an investigation into the Chinese maker of a prenatal genetic test, citing concerns related to its use of genomic data collected in the UK...
Results from an NHS-based clinical trial show the potential of a blood test to detect over 50 types of cancer...
Insulin-secreting organoids created from human stomach stem cells have been developed, illuminating a potential novel approach for diabetes treatment...
Elin is a donor-conceived child and grew up with two mothers, without contact with her biological father. At 18 she gets the opportunity to meet him. Rebecca Robb reviews the film for BioNews...
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How IVG could challenge Singapore's laws on same-sex parenthood
by Dr Alexis Heng Boon Chin
Singapore does not recognise same-sex couples, so when they have children, typically only one partner is the legal parent. Dr Alexis Heng Boon Chin explores how IVG could, in future, allow same-sex couples to have a child with both partners' DNA, and how this could challenge the status quo...
Do fertility clinics have a role in improving patients' work-treatment balance?
by Dr Thanos Papathanasiou
Dr Thanos Papathanasiou, CEO and medical director of the world's first IVF clinic, asks if clinics can do more to support patients to access fertility treatment?...