A new form of DNA testing that has the potential to rapidly diagnose rare diseases in critically ill babies and children has been made available on the NHS...
A large-scale US study on male fertility has shown that taking zinc and folic acid supplements do not increase the health of sperm or rate of pregnancy...
New research has suggested that a drug already in use for type 2 diabetes might also help prevent recurrent miscarriages...
Promising results from clinical trials give hope for using CRISPR genome editing to treat various heritable diseases and cancer in humans...
A major international study of the genetics of breast cancer published in the journal Nature Genetics has identified more than 350 genetic variants that increase an individual's risk of developing the disease...
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What's the Truth about...
by Dr Eleanor Taylor
The afternoon sitting of the Progress Educational Trust's annual conference 'Reality Check: A Realistic Look at Assisted Reproduction' began with an extended session entitled 'What's the Truth about'...
Beware of cheap imitations: justice and He Jiankui
by Julian Hitchcock
'Three babies, three scientists, three years in jail, and a three million yuan fine. This is the story of Dr He Jiankui and the world's first genome edited babies', wrote the philosopher Françoise Baylis in last week's Boston Globe....
Egg freezing is driven by a lack of suitable partners, but men are still very much involved
by Professor Marcia Inhorn
Women are electing to collect and freeze their eggs in the hope of preserving fertility for the future...