Court blocks parents' bid to collect dying son's sperm
The parents of a dying man have been denied permission to remove and store his sperm by a UK court...
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Image by Peter Artymiuk via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts the shadow of a DNA double helix, on a background that shows the fluorescent banding of the output from a DNA sequencing machine.
Researchers simulate Usher syndrome in retinal organoids
Retinal organoids grown in a dish have shed light on the mechanisms behind a genetically inherited cause of blindness called Usher syndrome...
30-year-old embryos result in live birth
Twins have been born from embryos that had been frozen for 30 years, the longest any embryo has been frozen before leading to a live birth to date...
Image by Peter Artymiuk via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts the shadow of a DNA double helix, on a background that shows the fluorescent banding of the output from a DNA sequencing machine.
First single-dose haemophilia B gene therapy approved by FDA
An adeno-associated virus vector-based gene therapy, Hemgenix, has been approved for adults with Haemophilia B by the US Food and Drug Administration...
Image by Peter Artymiuk via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts the shadow of a DNA double helix, on a background that shows the fluorescent banding of the output from a DNA sequencing machine.
New approach to creating DNA virus vaccines
A novel approach could accelerate the development of vaccines for DNA-based viruses....
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Till Death Do Us Part: Embryos and Gametes after Death, Divorce or Separation
by Dr Antony Starza-Allen
When life takes an unexpected turn, people undergoing fertility treatment can be confronted with difficult decisions about the use and storage of gametes or embryos – sometimes decisions they made (or did not make) many years previously...
Fertility treatment add-ons – at what cost?
by Sophia McCully
Proving the efficacy of add-ons in fertility patients is challenging, but a balance needs to be struck between scientific progress and patient protection argues Sophia McCully...
New guidance on ethical issues in prenatal genetic diagnosis
by Dr Ruth Horn and 2 others
Guidance for clinical practice from the Joint Committee on Genomics in Medicine on the ethical issues that can arise in prenatal genetic testing has been published. Here its authors review the key points...