US researchers at the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research last week reported the discovery of nine new genetic markers for schizophrenia. The study - published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - used a novel whole genome scanning method to identify sections of genetic code...
A new report - 'More Genes Direct' - published by the UK's Human Genetics Commission (HGC) called for tighter regulation and a review of the European Law which deals with genetic tests. The report - an update of the 2003 version - aims to address growing concerns over the number of...
By Mackenna Roberts: A UK man has launched an unprecedented legal challenge to not be recognised as the legal parent of two children conceived through the use of his sperm in a DIY artificial insemination procedure, performed by his friend and her girlfriend. Andy Bathie hopes to avoid paying the...
By Katy Sinclair: Researchers, reporting in Science, have announced the successful treatment of a mouse with sickle-cell anaemia using stem cell lines created from adult mouse cells. Rudolf Jaenisch, of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research in Cambridge Massachusetts, and Tim Townes, of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, worked...
Our ability to learn from making mistakes may be linked to whether or not we carry a particular gene variant which affects our brain's reward system, according to research published last week in the journal Science. The discovery may help to explain why the variant has previously...
The UK's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) called last week for a new national strategy designed to reduce the number of multiple births from fertility treatments, as a result of which it expects to see the multiple birth rate to fall to 10 per cent...
New figures, released last week by the UK's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA), show that the number of women undergoing fertility treatment in the UK is continuing to rise, as are success rates. Data for 2005 shows a six per cent increase in the number...
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Helping patients with genetic disorders to access life insurance products fairly
by Melissa Hillier
The Genetic Interest Group (GIG), the UK alliance organisation for all people affected by genetic disorders, has been working in collaboration on a pilot project to help those affected by rare conditions to access life insurance products in a fair and equitable manner. GIG has been working with the insurance...