Two bills, both intended to protect access to IVF, were blocked in the US Senate this week, as Democrats and Republicans accuse each other of voting for political reasons ahead of the presidential election in November...
A gene found to be critical in metastatic cancer cell growth, provides new insight into the targeted treatment of cancers...
Research into sperm donors in Denmark shows no evidence of a decline in sperm counts in recent years, but it does reveal a significant decrease in sperm motility...
A CRISPR genome-editing therapy has been shown for the first time to provide long-term genome correction in lung cells for treatment of cystic fibrosis in mice...
A study of women with polycystic ovary syndrome has shown that bariatric surgery led to a higher rate of spontaneous ovulation than other weight loss interventions...
A type of genome editing capable of replacing entire genes in the human genome could potentially be used to treat a wide variety of genetic conditions...
A fictionalised account of the true story of the events that led to the birth of the first IVF baby. Based on research and interviews over many years with embryologists and fertility doctors, as well as those whose lives were affected by and enabled by those events...
Reluctant heroes and cosplaying sperm? A fun Tuesday evening in Edinburgh really was a game of two halves…
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The wrong genes for the job?
by Dr Emily Postan
The British Army's initial decision to preclude an applicant from joining due to a family history of BRCA variant-related cancer raises a number of questions about how employers collect and use genetic data…
FILM: Donation of human eggs and embryos to research
by Professor Geraldine Hartshorne
Professor Geraldine Hartshorne, scientific director at the Coventry Centre for Reproductive Medicine, explains how and why eggs and embryos can be donated to research...