Multiple sclerosis is unlikely to be caused by genetic factors alone, report researchers who studied a 'globally unique' cohort of identical twins...
A baby has been born via surrogate to a gay couple in Northern Ireland, with the entire process taking place in the country for the first time...
Gene therapy given to children affected by the fatal neurological disorder Tay-Sachs disease is safe and stabilises disease progression, reports an exploratory proof-of-concept study...
Air pollution, in the form of particulate matter exposure, has been associated with reduced sperm quality...
A woman in New York has become the third person to go into remission for HIV following a transplant of HIV-resistant stem cells taken from cord blood...
While headlines have focused on the growing demand for egg freezing among women during and following the pandemic, there has been little focus on the cost of this procedure...
Nearly 35 million people around the world have now taken a genetic ancestry test according to the International Society of Genetic Genealogy....
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Pigs: a new breed of organ donors
by Professor Anna Smajdor
In January 2022, a heart transplant patient named David Bennett became world famous when it was reported that the 'donor' of the heart that had saved his life was – a pig...
Whole Genome Sequencing at Birth: Genomic Data, a Resource from Cradle to Grave?
by Dr Jess Buxton
Genomics England's Newborn Genomes Programme is a pilot study exploring the potential benefits, practicalities, and challenges of offering whole genome sequencing (WGS) for all newborn babies...
Obituary: Professor David Tennent Baird, eminent reproductive endocrinologist
by Professor Richard Anderson
Professor David Baird CBE, BA, MBChB, DSc, FRCOG, FRCP Edin, FRSE, the most eminent British reproductive endocrinologist of his generation, died on 12th February 2022 at the age of 86...