A previously unknown function of platelets to 'hoover up' and store DNA in the blood could improve cancer diagnosis and prenatal screening...
Targeted weight loss programmes could improve the IVF outcomes in prospective mothers with obesity, a review from the University of Oxford has revealed...
The International Society for Stem Cell Research has expanded its oversight requirements for research involving human stem-cell-based embryo models, and has prohibited the use of such embryo models to achieve ectogenesis...
Human eggs appear to be protected from the age-related accumulation of genetic mutations in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA)...
A new AI model can predict DNA repair following CRISPR-based genome editing, suggesting how to achieve more accurate gene insertions...
A potential new gene target for Alzheimer's disease treatment has been identified using brain organoids...
This podcast explores a 'uniquely speculative form of fertility tourism', writes Dr Kylie Baldwin...
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Polygenic scores and PGT-P: Lost in translation?
by Dr Emma Meaburn
Dr Emma Meaburn explains what polygenic scores are, and what they can and cannot tell us about a person's risk of – or resilience to – a complex trait...
FILM: Diversity in Health Data – Achieving Benefit for All
by BioNews
This film documents a PET event about what needs to be done – and why – to ensure that people of diverse ancestries and social backgrounds are represented in genomic data, and in health-related data more generally...