Sperm donated in UK may be used to make many families worldwide
Scientists are calling on the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority to tighten restrictions on exporting sperm, to limit the number of families who can be created abroad...
News
Image by Peter Artymiuk via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts the shadow of a DNA double helix, on a background that shows the fluorescent banding of the output from a DNA sequencing machine.
NHS should adopt gene therapies faster, says industry body
The NHS must adopt new budget strategies to research and manufacture cell and gene therapies of the future, according to a recent report...
Image by Bill Sanderson via the Wellcome Collection, © Wellcome Trust Ltd 1990. Depicts Laocoön and his family (from Greek and Roman mythology) entwined in coils of DNA.
Monash IVF agrees payout over embryo testing method
An Australian IVF provider has agreed to pay AU$56 million in compensation to over 700 patients whose embryos may have been wrongly discarded...
Image by Peter Artymiuk via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts the shadow of a DNA double helix, on a background that shows the fluorescent banding of the output from a DNA sequencing machine.
Transcription factor position determines gene activity
'Spatial grammar' within our DNA code has been uncovered, which could change our understanding of how genes are activated...
AI system for embryo selection tested on IVF patients
An artificial intelligence system selected the same embryos as an embryologist 69 percent of the time, with no significant difference in clinical pregnancy rate...
Image by Peter Artymiuk via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts the shadow of a DNA double helix, on a background that shows the fluorescent banding of the output from a DNA sequencing machine.
Single gene linked to autism affects behaviour in mice
Deletion of a specific gene in mice leads to behaviours and brain changes characteristic of autism...
Reviews
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Podcast Review: Make People Better
A podcast series to accompany the film 'Make People Better' gives unique insights into the controversial creation of genome-edited babies by Dr He Jiankui...
Comment
Polygenic embryo screening – Patient perspectives and concerns
by Maria Siermann
It is crucial to focus not just on scientific concerns about PGT-P, but also on broader potential consequences for those who could be impacted by the technology, explains Maria Siermann...
Regulating SCBEMs without reviewing standards – akin to selling elastic by the metre?
by Professor Søren Holm
Professor of Bioethics at the University of Manchester, Søren Holm, discusses the oversight system proposed in the SCBEM Code of Practice...