A long-term clinical trial of a gene therapy for a rare genetic form of deafness has demonstrated sustained hearing restoration, while a separate gene therapy for the same condition has received approval from the Food and Drug Administration...
A male same-sex couple whose daughter was born through surrogacy has launched a petition to change the UK's surrogacy laws...
A refined method has been developed to generate more mature, functional stem-cell-derived pancreatic islets that restore and maintain glucose control in diabetic mice over several months...
Intrauterine hCG, an IVF add-on treatment, is unlikely to improve the chance of pregnancy or live birth, according to a new analysis...
Dr J Craig Venter, a biologist and entrepreneur known for his role in the race to sequence the human genome, has died at age 79...
Dr Jeremy Koenig, host of the DNA of Things podcast, speaks with Professor Insoo Hyun about how bioethics plays out in the real world, where the most logical argument doesn't always win...
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What Is the Impact of Fertility Treatment on the Health of Resulting Children?
by Miruna Dragulin
The most recent event from PET brought together researchers and clinicians to explore what assisted reproduction means for the short- and long-term health of the children born as a consequence...
Genetic counsellors in the mainstream: A toolkit for genomic healthcare
by Sara Levene and 1 others
As genomic testing becomes increasingly embedded in routine NHS care, this article examines the expanding role of genetic counsellors and introduces a new toolkit supporting their integration into mainstream clinical practice...
PET Podcast: Fertility Treatment and Stress – Patients, Practitioners and Outcomes
by Sarah Norcross
Bringing you PET events as a podcast. In the 47th episode of its podcast, PET explores stress in the context of (in)fertility and assisted conception, with Dr Sinéad Currie, Angela Pericleous-Smith, Dr Angela Lawson and Emma Haslett...
Obituary: Professor Sonia Allan
by Dr Marilyn Crawshaw
'What a woman': Professor Sonia Allen's work in psychology, health and law, centred people born through donor conception and surrogacy. She is remembered by her friend and peer, Dr Marilyn Crawshaw...