A transplant of genome-edited stem cells designed to protect healthy donor cells from cancer therapy has shown promise in patients with aggressive blood cancers...
Endocrine disorder 'polycystic ovary syndrome' has been renamed 'polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome' to better reflect the clinical features of the condition...
A simplified stem-cell-based embryo model of the early human embryo has revealed a key mechanism required for blastocyst cavity formation...
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has opened a UK-wide consultation on proposed changes to the legal definition of gene therapy medicinal products...
The High Court of England and Wales approved the Marquess of Bath's son, who was born via surrogacy, as a potential beneficiary of the family trusts...
Dame Bridget Ogilvie, a parasitologist and former director of the Wellcome Trust, has died aged 88...
Having seen The Surrogate Mother by Freida McFadden appear on bestseller lists recently, Jen Willows decided to read it, commenting that while the premise draws on familiar psychological thriller tropes, the execution often struggles to maintain plausibility as the story develops...
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The case for adaptive governance in emerging biotechnology
by Professor Emma Cave
Professor Emma Cave explores how adaptive governance and regulatory sandboxing could help the UK support emerging biotechnologies while maintaining public trust and effective oversight…
Something missing in 'Broody Men'
by Dr Robin Hadley
Dr Robin Hadley reflects on the cultural assumptions surrounding male childlessness and the often-overlooked desire for fatherhood among men. Drawing on his research into 'male broodiness,' he argues that men's reproductive lives remain under-examined in policy and public discourse...
PET Podcast: Male Infertility – Today's Insights, Tomorrow's Treatments
by Sarah Norcross
Bringing you PET events as a podcast. The 48th episode of the PET podcast features researchers and practitioners at the forefront of tackling male infertility – Kevin McEleny, Professor Joris Veltman, Professor Rod Mitchell and Professor Sarah Martins da Silva...