Genome editing mechanism developed from protein found in complex organisms
A new genome editing mechanism has been developed for the first time from a protein found in eukaryotes...
A new genome editing mechanism has been developed for the first time from a protein found in eukaryotes...
An embryo model that has been created from human pluripotent stem cells, without using eggs or sperm, shows how tissues of the developing embryo interact...
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the first gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy...
by Hannah Flynn
Pregnancy and live birth rates were comparable between women who had received treatment for a form of cancer known as childhood Hodgkin lymphoma, and women who had not...
by Hannah Flynn
Preliminary data from the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic showed a drop in the total number of IVF treatments carried out across Europe in 2020 compared to 2019...
by Hannah Flynn
Cells in early human embryos are unable to effectively repair the double-stranded DNA breaks made during CRISPR/Cas9-based genome editing...
by Hannah Flynn
Over a quarter of women who chose to freeze their eggs in their 30s for non-medical reasons, returned for fertility treatment...
Luke Steventon reviews a radio programme about mitochondria, which are described as producing energy production levels of '30 million volts per metre – like a bolt of lightning'...
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How fast is too fast? Innovation in IVF and the burden of proof
by Dr Rita Vassena
The speed of how technological innovations are deployed in infertility care is discussed here by Dr Rita Vassena...
FILM: Your Guide to Genetics and Genomics in the Fertility Clinic
by BioNews
This film documents a PET event about genetics and genomics in the context of assisted conception, including carrier screening and the testing of embryos...