A citizens' jury of people with personal experience of hereditary disease has voted in favour of asking the UK government to consider changing the law, to allow for genome editing of human embryos to address serious genetic disorders...
A California couple is suing the manufacturer of an oil used during IVF, claiming a faulty batch of oil destroyed their embryos...
A fully human ovarian organoid has been grown in the lab for the first time, with potential applications to improve understanding and treatment of female infertility...
A sperm donor in Australia has been discovered to have fathered over 60 children, after he donated under four different aliases...
A new machine learning tool has been developed to help measure the efficiency of a specific type of genome editing, and identify what affects the rate of insertion of a genetic sequence...
The genes that encode for immune cell receptors differ substantially between people, giving scientists an insight into why people react differently to disease and medicine...
Gene therapy and artificial intelligence technologies are helping scientists to make advancements in diverse areas from vision to cancer research...
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Newborn screening for tyrosinaemia – are we making headway?
by Nick Meade
28 February is Rare Disease Day, raising awareness for people living with a rare disease, their families and carers. Now, tyrosinaemia type 1 has been added to the UK National Screening Committee's list for screening as part of the heel prick test at birth...
Bioethical perspectives on the Israeli Assuta case of embryo mix-up
by Professor Vardit Ravitsky
Professor Vardit Ravitsky explores the bioethical implications of a recent embryo mix-up case in Israel...
PET Podcast: Understanding Miscarriage – Pregnancy Loss after Fertility Treatment
by Sarah Norcross
Bringing you PET events as a podcast. In the third episode of its podcast, PET looks at pregnancy loss in the context of fertility treatment, with speakers Professor Abha Maheshwari, Dr Ashleigh Holt-Kentwell, Dr Justin Chu and Ruth Bender Atik...