Extra dose of X-chromosome genes for women
Researchers lead by a team at the UK's Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute have published a detailed analysis of the human X-chromosome, one of the two chromosomes that determines sex. An accompanying study uncovered the surprise finding that women have two active copies of many X-chromosome genes. Previously, scientists believed that...
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Donor anonymity, expenses and payments: why were clinics not prepared?
by Professor Martin Johnson
In their commentary article 'Recruiting egg donors after the removal of anonymity', (BioNews 299, 14/3/05), Alan Thornhill and Ian Craft of the London Fertility Centre lament the fact that the Department of Health (after wide consultation) abolished donor anonymity before addressing the issue of allowable expenses. Their memories...