US senators propose bill to protect IVF access
Two republican senators have proposed a bill to protect IVF, after some states' abortion laws created uncertainty...
News
Image by Peter Artymiuk via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts the shadow of a DNA double helix, on a background that shows the fluorescent banding of the output from a DNA sequencing machine.
Genetic control of the brain – comprehensive cell maps published
Fifteen studies comprehensively mapping the genes responsible for regulation of activity and development of the brain have been published...
Image by Christoph Bock/Max Planck Institute for Informatics via Wikimedia Commons. Depicts a DNA molecule that is methylated on both strands on the centre cytosine.
Epigenetic reprogramming aids development of human gametes in vitro
For the first time, human stem cells that were originally skin cells have been reprogrammed into early-stage sperm and egg precursors...
Image by Peter Artymiuk via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts the shadow of a DNA double helix, on a background that shows the fluorescent banding of the output from a DNA sequencing machine.
Inflammation and disease risk linked to ribosomal DNA copies
The number of copies of ribosomal DNA a person has, has been linked to multiple disease-associated traits...
Guidelines breached by half of UK fertility clinics selling time lapse imaging
Huge disparities have been found in how clearly and accurately private UK fertility clinics market time-lapse imaging for embryo selection, raising concerns that there is a lack of clarity for patients...
Image by Bill Sanderson via the Wellcome Collection, © Wellcome Trust Ltd 1990. Depicts Laocoön and his family (from Greek and Roman mythology) entwined in coils of DNA.
Billions earmarked for haemophiliacs affected by infected blood scandal
People with haemophilia and their families are due to receive part of a £10 billion package offered as compensation for the infected blood scandal in the UK...
Reviews
Image by Peter Artymiuk via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts the shadow of a DNA double helix, on a background that shows the fluorescent banding of the output from a DNA sequencing machine.
TV Review: The Jennings v Alzheimer's
The decisions facing the family of a key patient in the battle against Alzheimer's disease form the basis of a moving and informative BBC documentary about the physical and emotional impact of the condition…
Image by K Hardy via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human embryo at the blastocyst stage (about six days after fertilisation) 'hatching' out of the zona pellucida.
Event Review: Talking Embryos – Changing public perceptions of embryo research
Professor Sarah Franklin looks back to the debates surrounding embryo research of the 1990s and argues we can learn from those previous successes, now...
Comment
Ten Families and Counting: Time for Global Limits on Donor-Created (Half-) Siblings?
by Dr Thomas Hopkins
How many families should be created using gametes from a single donor? And how useful are national limits when sperm is imported and exported?...