Gene therapy for alcohol use disorder
Gene therapy could provide a one-off, sustained treatment for patients with severe alcohol use disorder, a study in monkeys suggests...
Gene therapy could provide a one-off, sustained treatment for patients with severe alcohol use disorder, a study in monkeys suggests...
The French health ministry has earmarked funding for more sperm and egg banks, due to unprecedented demand from women following a law change two years ago...
An international group of researchers has suggested refining the legal definition of a human embryo, as part of a proposed ethical framework for embryology that takes account of the increasing sophistication of embryo models...
Two separate research groups reported the successful transplantation of a pig kidney into a human, after it had been genetically modified to prevent the body from rejecting it...
US men with prostate cancer could be missing out on targeted treatments because they do not meet the current guidelines for genetic testing...
What does it mean to be human? Have you ever questioned the meaning of self or humanity? Dr Yee Yen Goh reviews the Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar 2022 award lecture, given by Dr Philip Ball...
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Restrictions on publicly funded fertility treatment in Ireland
by Dr Lydia Bracken
The decision to exclude patients who require the use of donor gametes from publicly funded fertility treatment in Ireland requires further scrutiny, argues Dr Lydia Bracken...
Should we prepare fertility patients for ending treatment without a baby?
by Mariana Sousa Leite
Designing a system to prepare patients for the end of fertility treatment that has not resulted in a live birth needs to encompass the wide range of social and psychological implications, explains Mariana Sousa Liete...
FILM: Surrogacy Law – What Is Intended… For Parents? For Surrogates? For Children?
by BioNews
This film documents a PET event about proposed changes to UK surrogacy law, including a new Surrogacy Bill drafted by the Law Commissions...