The origins of the human brain can be traced back to two distinct groups of cells in the developing embryo...
The UK Government has announced plans to give employees in Great Britain a legal right to bereavement leave following pregnancy loss, including miscarriage and unsuccessful IVF embryo transfers...
A Phase 2/3 trial assessing a gene therapy for X-linked retinitis pigmentosa (XLRP) shows significant improvements in low-light vision...
A Florida couple is suing a fertility clinic after genetic analyses revealed that their daughter is not biologically related to her father...
Single-cell approaches show that alterations in the 3D architecture of the genome are tied to changes in gene activity in Alzheimer's disease...
Scientists have visualised DNA molecules locking together for the first time, providing new insight into how they overcome their negative charges to pair up...
Professor Eric Turkheimer's new book argues for a re-framing of the nature-nurture debate, questioning both what heritability estimates can tell us and what they mean for our understanding of human nature…
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Giving more choices to survivors of childhood cancer
by Tiago Macedo and 1 others
Researchers working in childhood cancer survivorship explain how patient-derived stem cells could one day expand fertility restoration options, for boys whose cancer treatment has damaged their developing testes…
FILM: What Does the NICE Fertility Guideline Update Mean for You?
by BioNews
This film documents a PET event about the newly updated Fertility Guideline, published by the UK's National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)...
Obituary: Professor Caroline Ogilvie OBE
by Professor Dusko Ilic
Professor Dusko Ilic remembers his friend and colleague Professor Caroline Ogilvie OBE, whose sharp intellect, generosity and pioneering work in clinical and reproductive genetics touched the lives of patients, families and generations of scientists...
How war is driving a new wave of scientific innovation in Ukraine
by Dr Maria Botcharova
As antibiotic-resistant infections become an increasing challenge in wartime Ukraine, Ukrainian researchers are developing new ways to treat infections and prevent resistant bacteria from spreading…