The National AIDS Trust is urging the UK Government to change a law preventing some people living with HIV from using their own gametes when accessing fertility treatment...
Melanoma cells rely on a gene involved in nerve development in order to spread, according to research conducted at the Institute for Cancer Research...
Alcohol influences telomere length and accelerates biological ageing according to a genetic-based study...
A newly discovered link between mitochondria, inflammation and two genes required for blood cell growth could provide new therapeutic options to treat atherosclerosis and other inflammation-associated diseases...
A transposable element – also known as a jumping gene – appears to help mice survive viral infections...
The origins of germ cell tumours occurring in pre-pubescent males have been identified by researchers in a new study...
In this episode of The Life Scientific, Professor Balasubramanian speaks about the technology he discovered, alongside, Professor Sir David Klenerman, that has enabled scientists to sequence the human genome faster and cheaper than ever...
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Same-sex parent should not have been forced to adopt child
by Liam Davis
The recent case of one half of a same-sex couple being inaccurately advised she had to adopt her own child reveled many of the heteronormative assumptions that underpin our understanding of family, argues Liam Davis.
FILM: Editing the Human Genome – Where Are We Now? What Happens Next?
by BioNews
This film documents a PET event about the science, medicine, ethics and regulation of genome editing and epigenome editing...