A six-year-old girl has died following an experimental genome editing treatment, prompting an investigation into the clinical trial by the university involved...
Fertility clinics have been criticised for advertising mitochondrial donation to women not affected by mitochondrial disease, claiming that it can boost their chances of IVF success...
A new personalised genetic therapy has shown early success in treating two children with a rare genetic epilepsy syndrome...
A fertility doctor is being sued for using his own sperm during artificial insemination procedures without the patient's knowledge or consent...
Body fat percentage may better capture the impact of increased fat levels on male reproductive health, according to a new Danish study...
Inherited genetic differences may help explain why people exposed to the same cancer risk factors, such as smoking and ultraviolet radiation, do not all develop cancer, according to research in mice...
A review of the podcast Your Best Baby examines the growing commercialisation of PGT-P and the ethical questions raised by selecting embryos based on predicted traits and disease risks...
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Out of the shadows: Why transparency is the future for unregulated sperm donation
by Erika Tranfield and 2 others
Peer-to-peer sperm donation has often operated without formal systems for sharing information, but new discussions are exploring how transparency, trust and data protection could shape the future of unregulated fertility pathways...
Australia's genetic discrimination ban: An opportunity for genomics and preventive health
by Dr Jane Tiller
Dr Jane Tiller explains the significance of Australia's new legislation about the use of genetic test results in life insurance...