Unreliable direct-to-consumer fertility tests reporting hormone levels, were sold and processed in the UK for nearly 18 months after problems were initially identified...
A blood test taken in the first trimester of pregnancy to measure cell-free DNA methylation can help to predict the risk of preterm pre-eclampsia...
Specific epigenetic changes to the genomes of offspring have been linked to smoking by their fathers before the age of 15, a recent study across six countries showed...
A new test detects mitochondrial DNA damage in blood cells collected from patients with Parkinson's disease...
The risk of having a stroke in the first year after giving birth is higher in people who had fertility treatment compared to those who conceived naturally...
A novel mutation is present in 39 percent of Parkinson's disease patients of African heritage, but is virtually absent in those of European descent, a global genome wide association study has found...
Professor Imogen Goold's lecture about the ethical issues surrounding the use of genome editing in humans gets Ruth Retassie thinking about how our society treats disability...
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Uterus transplants: Should selection criteria be expanded?
by Dr Natasha Hammond-Browning
News that a team in the UK has performed the country's first uterus transplant has triggered debate over future criteria for recipients...
Ten years of egg freezing – is it time for re-evaluation?
by Dr Julie Nekkebroeck
Now that women who have frozen their eggs for non-medical reasons are returning to use them, there needs to be a re-evaluation of time limits placed on storage...