A new deep-learning technology can design artificial proteins, called zinc fingers, to bind with any stretch of DNA in the human genome and modify gene expression...
A gay man in Canada has begun a legal challenge against a policy restricting men who are sexually active with male partners from donating to sperm banks...
Brain organoids made from human stem cells can integrate successfully with the visual system in rats, offering hope for repairing brain damage...
Neurons grown in the lab reach maturity for the first time, opening a new window into studying neurodegenerative disease...
A chemotherapy drug has been found to halt the replication of cancer cells via an unexpected mechanism...
A report exploring the possibility that digital technologies could be used to improve the experiences of sickle cell patients accessing NHS care has been published by the NHS Race and Health Observatory...
Dr Joanne Delange, genetics editor at BioNews, reviews the first of a series of educational books on DNA and genetics aimed at schoolchildren with her nine year old daughter, Sophia...
This book aims to link medical genetics and the law, and hopes to educate readers in all aspects of genetics that are of current relevance, and to indicate potential problems in the present and in the future. Here is Dr Eleanor Taylor's review of the book...
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PET Podcast: Your Guide to Genetics and Genomics in the Fertility Clinic
by Sarah Norcross
Bringing you PET events as a podcast. In the first episode of a new podcast, PET explores and explains genetics/genomics in the context of assisted conception, with Dr Jonathan Berg, Dr Nicola Williams, Professor Zosia Miedzybrodzka and Dr Francesca Forzano...
FILM: Rewriting the Rules – Is It Time to Simplify Fertility and Embryo Law?
by BioNews
As the UK's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority prepares to launch a consultation on updating fertility law, watch this film of the PET event 'Rewriting the Rules: Is It Time to Simplify Fertility and Embryo Law?'...