One in 40 people who have four grandparents from the Isle of Whalsay in Shetland, Scotland, carry a gene variant known to increase their risk of developing cancer...
A new biological pathway linked with inflammatory bowel disease has been discovered, offering new opportunities for treatments...
Researchers have discovered a potential mechanism underpinning why a person's genome might influence the subtype of breast cancer they develop...
Intended parents affected by the fertility clinic scandal in Crete, Greece last year, now have just 20 days to collect their embryos before the facility they are stored at closes...
A gene therapy has restored hearing in five children, marking the first successful treatment in both ears following earlier single-ear trials...
A father's diet before conception influences the likelihood of their child developing metabolic diseases, including diabetes, due to changes in sperm RNA...
Dr Philip Ball takes us on a 50-minute ride through the answers biologists have found to the lifelong question 'what life is and how it works'...
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IVF Add-Ons: Building Bridges between Clinics, Regulators and Patients
by Dr Valerie Shaikly
This PET event focused on the Building Bridges project, and asked how clinics can and should improve transparency around add-ons for patients...
FILM: Alex Davies-Jones discusses IVF and 'add-ons' to fertility treatment
by Alex Davies-Jones
Before the upcoming UK general election was announced, Alex Davies-Jones – Parliamentary Candidate for Pontypridd – recorded the following presentation for the latest PET event about IVF add-ons...