The birth of the first UK child(ren) with donated mitochondria has been confirmed by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority...
A draft of a new map of the human genome, collated from multiple individuals, has enabled the identification of new genetic variants that had been previously difficult, or impossible, to find...
A chemically-modified DNA enzyme can be used to 'silence' a harmful gene mutation found in many types of cancers...
Model livers, which contain cells that are genetically identical to tumour cells, have been developed to study a rare paediatric liver cancer...
China is considering extending access to IVF treatment to single and unmarried women in an attempt to halt its population decline...
An 80 percent ovarian cancer survival rate in mice has been achieved using an RNA-based drug to silence the expression of a protein crucial to cancer cell division...
Relationship officer, Zoe Sheard, and scientific communications officer, Leonie Hodges, discuss their work on the Catalogue of Somatic Mutations in Cancer, indelibly branded as COSMIC, in this Genomics Lite webinar...
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Who needs brains for intelligence?
by Dr Brett Kagan
Dr Brett Kagan discusses how his team is developing brain organoids in order to harness the inherent information processing potential found in neural systems...
Mythbusting mitochondrial disease and mitochondrial donation
by Sandy Starr
As mitochondrial disease and mitochondrial donation hit the headlines, PET clears up misunderstandings with its 'Mythbusting Mitochondrial Donation' resource, and with a set of recommended videos...
FILM: Your Chance for Change – Shaping the UK's Fertility and Embryo Law
by BioNews
This film documents a PET event about reforming fertility and embryo law, in relation to a consultation held recently by the UK's fertility regulator – the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA)...