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Direct-to-consumer genetic tests should not be used as a basis for medical decision making, according to two separate studies released last week...
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Russian biologist Dr Denis Rebrikov has begun genome editing eggs with the reported objective of learning how deaf couples can have children without the genetic mutation that impairs hearing...
The Department of Health and Social Care have launched a survey to determine the obstacles to improving care for people living with rare disease...
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Assisted reproduction crime network in Greece highlights need for monitoring surrogacy
by Katia Neofytou
This September, news broke of the dismantling of an organised crime group involved in illegal adoptions, egg-selling and commercial surrogacy in Thessaloniki, Greece...