Many women over 43 need donor eggs for IVF success
Women over 43 years of age have higher IVF success rates when using donor eggs, a new study found...
News
Image by Matthew Daniels via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts human cells, showing the stages of cell division.
CRISPR genome editing trials paused due to liver toxicity
Two gene therapy trials run by Intellia Therapeutics have been paused after a study participant was hospitalised...
Image by Christoph Bock/Max Planck Institute for Informatics via Wikimedia Commons. Depicts a DNA molecule that is methylated on both strands on the centre cytosine.
Epigenome editing could improve CAR-T cell cancer therapies
CAR-T cell cancer treatments could be made safer and more durable by reprogramming T cells without altering their DNA, according to new research...
'Fertility fraud' daughter has two serious genetic conditions
A woman seeking to understand why she has two genetic conditions, despite having no family history, discovered that her mother's fertility doctor is her biological father...
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.
Gene on X chromosome may explain women's higher risk of MS and Alzheimer's
A gene located on the X chromosome could explain why women have a higher risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS) and Alzheimer's disease...
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Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts equipment used for embryo biopsy.
Film Review: The Wedding Banquet
A modern reimagining of Ang Lee's 1993 film of the same name. The romantic comedy carries over the original's themes of cultural expectation and queer identity, while updating them to include more contemporary issues and inclusive representation...
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Unproven stem cell treatments: Is the US Supreme Court sending a message?
by Dr Patrick Foong
A Supreme Court decision affirms the FDA's regulatory oversight of stem-cell-based treatments. Dr Patrick Foong explains the implications for stem cell clinics and their patients...
PET Podcast: Mitochondrial Donation – Does It Work? What Next?
by Sarah Norcross
Bringing you PET events as a podcast. In the 36th episode of its podcast, PET explores the use of mitochondrial donation to avoid mitochondrial disease, with Professor Mary Herbert, Professor Sir Doug Turnbull, Liz Curtis and Professor Catherine Mills...
FILM: Robert Edwards at 100 – Part 3
by Grace MacDonald
PET presents a series of talks celebrating the 100th birthday of the late IVF pioneer Professor Sir Robert Edwards. This third talk is by Grace MacDonald, the second woman ever to have a child following IVF...