The UK's regulatory body on the use and storage of human tissue has outlined its position in support of its continued existence amid the Government's review of arm's length bodies...
The anti-doping laboratories built for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games will be developed into the world's first Phenome Research Centre; the term 'phenome' referring to the overall expression of a person's characteristics and traits as determined by the interaction of genetics and environment...
Scientists working on fruit flies say their work provides an answer to the question of why women tend to live longer than men. The research points to mitochondria, the 'batteries' within cells that generate energy, as hotspots for mutations that negatively affect male health...
Three research groups, each studying a different type of cancer in mice, have published results that support the theory that tumour growth is driven by 'cancer stem cells'....
Chemotherapy can produce a rogue response that eventually leads to tumours becoming resistant to treatment, scientists have found...
The University of Cambridge is to open a new stem cell institute following an £8million investment from two of the UK's largest medical research funders....
Scientists have identified a sub-type of stem cell responsible for neuron development within the cerebral cortex associated with higher level brain function...
A faulty gene linked to bowel cancer interacts with dietary iron to significantly increase the risk of developing the disease, research on mice suggests...
Here's an idea - what if the key to improved treatment of some of the most problematic medical conditions lay buried in a vast mass of patient data siloed in archaic computer systems? What if researchers couldn't get to it thanks to an impenetrable cat's cradle of red tape?...
I'm sure I'm not alone in thinking that 'Having your baby through egg donation' could happily serve as an egg donation bible. It successfully brings together all the practical, physiological, psychological, social and ethical aspects of this particular form of family building....
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Lies, damned lies and surrogacy
by Richard Adams
What is the law to do when people deceive each other about their intentions as parents? In what is thought to have been the first case of its kind, the UK's High Court in G v G [2012] has rejected a father's application to reverse an order transferring legal parenthood of a child from a surrogate to his wife...