The Alabama Supreme Court has declared that frozen embryos have the same legal status as children in the state...
The NHS has expanded access to its bowel cancer screening service for people with Lynch syndrome...
Men with infertility, and their relatives, have been found to be at an increased risk of some cancers, though the specific cancer risk varies greatly...
New genetic markers that drive the development of type 2 diabetes and other vascular diseases have been identified...
Sperm motility increased after the application of ultrasound, scientists have discovered...
The frequency of genetic variants associated with the risk of developing disease varies between groups of people with different ancestries, according to a large US study...
ITVX's new four-part documentary, Born from the Same Stranger features the stories of donor-conceived people looking for information about their half-siblings and donors. Charlotte Dore reviews the first episode to air...
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Plugging ethical gaps to achieve genomic best practice
by Danielle Hamm
The Nuffield Council on Bioethics recently published a report identifying gaps in ethical guidance available to those working in UK-based genomic research and healthcare. In this article, Danielle Hamm, director of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics discusses how and why these need to be addressed in a coordinated way...
PET Podcast: IVF Add-Ons – How Should We Score the HFEA's New Ratings System?
by Sarah Norcross
Bringing you PET events as a podcast. In the 15th episode of its podcast, PET looks at recent changes to the way the UK's fertility regulator assesses 'add-ons' to IVF treatment, with Dr Tim Child, Professor Joyce Harper, Dr Ippokratis Sarris, Tracey Sainsbury and Dr Tasha Alden...