World's largest set of whole genome sequencing data released from UK Biobank
Whole genome sequencing data from 500,000 British volunteers has been released globally by UK Biobank, for scientific research...
by Olivia Goff
Whole genome sequencing data from 500,000 British volunteers has been released globally by UK Biobank, for scientific research...
by Yan Lau
Injecting stem cells into the brains of patients with multiple sclerosis is safe and may stop the disease causing further damage, according to an early-stage clinical trial...
Adults with thalassemia, a severe genetic blood disorder, will be offered potentially curative stem cell transplants on the NHS for the first time...
by Hannah Flynn
Exposure of pregnant women to air pollution could affect the development of the sex organs of their sons in ways that have been linked to fertility later in life...
A gene has been discovered to cause an increase in an individual's body fat percentage, with its suppression in mice leading to lower body fat percentages...
A 70-year-old Ugandan woman has set the record for being the oldest mother in Africa, after she gave birth following IVF...
A collection of poems from parents of children with rare genetic conditions...
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28-day rule for embryo research in the Netherlands: Balancing policy, practice, and the public perspective
by Dr Lien De Proost and 1 others
Dr Lien De Proost and Dr Nienke de Graeff, bioethics academics at Leiden University Medical Centre, explore the possibility of doubling the 14-day limit on embryo research in the Netherlands...
Fate of 28-day embryo research proposal remains unclear following Dutch election
by Melinda Van Kerckvoorde
Further political debate on whether embryo research should be extended to a 28-day limit may be postponed following the unforeseen far right win during last week's Dutch national election…