French 29-year-olds urged to start familes
The French government is sending a letter to all 29-year-olds in the country encouraging them to think about when they will have children...
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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.
Blood biomarkers may identify Parkinson's before symptoms appear
Different patterns of gene expression have been detected in blood samples in the earliest stage of Parkinson's disease...
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.
Court to decide 'legitimacy' of surrogate-born child in inheritance case
The Marquess of Bath is supporting a court application to ensure inheritance rights for his son born via surrogacy...
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.
Turning genes on with caffeine and CRISPR
Caffeine reversibly controlled gene expression in a human cell line when linked to an engineered protein system...
Image by Matthew Daniels via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts human cells, showing the stages of cell division.
Topical CRISPR‑based therapy shows promise for treating skin disorders
A topical CRISPR-based genome-editing therapy has been developed to address disease-causing mutations responsible for inherited human skin disorders...
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.
Netherlands court rules on cord blood stem cell fraud case
A man from the Netherlands has been convicted of fraud after misleading parents into paying him to store their children's biological material, despite lacking legal authorisation...
Reviews
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
Podcast Review: Selling Misleading Fertility Hope
Kayleen Devlin investigates the fertility supplement industry, examining claims made online and the limited scientific evidence behind them...
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Ancestry, Ethnicity, IVF Outcomes: Why Do Some Patients Fare Better than Others?
by Katerina Standring
This PET event highlighted racial disparities in fertility care, with black women and men facing delayed access, bias, and stigma. Speakers called for earlier assessments, increased funding, culturally sensitive care, and public awareness to advance reproductive justice...
Parenting beyond the grave: How war is changing reproduction in Ukraine and Israel
by Dr Kateryna Moskalenko and 2 others
In Ukraine and Israel, war has turned posthumous reproduction into a legal and moral dilemma – one the law is still struggling to resolve...
PET Podcast: The Origins of Preimplantation Genetic Testing
by Sarah Norcross
Bringing you PET events as a podcast. In the 41st episode of the PET podcast, Professor Alan Handyside – a pioneer of preimplantation genetic testing – explains how and why it became scientifically possible, and legally permissible, to test the DNA of IVF embryos...