The future funding of human embryonic stem cell research under the European Union may be in jeopardy after its inclusion in the next research funding programme is challenged by MEPs....
Professor Sir John Gurdon of the University of Cambridge has been jointly awarded the Nobel Prize for his work on stem cells. He shares the prize for medicine or physiology with Professor Shinya Yamanaka from Japan...
Scratching the womb lining may increase a woman's chances of successful IVF treatment, say UK scientists...
A computer-based platform which looks to greatly speed up genetic analysis of tumours has been unveiled in the USA. Currently such analysis can take up to eight weeks, the new platform promises to deliver results in just 47 seconds...
A male couple in the UK has been awarded legal parenthood over twins born through an Indian surrogacy arrangement without the consent of the mother....
A streamlined method to find disease-causing single gene mutations has been developed to aid diagnosis of critically ill infants...
US researchers have identified a genetic mutation responsible for the hearing loss that occurs with the condition Usher syndrome type I...
A team of Japanese researchers has created mouse eggs from stem cells and has fertilised them using IVF to produce baby mice. It is the first time scientists have reported producing properly functioning eggs using this type of stem cell....
If you're after a tough, probing Paxman-style interview you'll be disappointed. However, Jim Al-Khalili's interview with the UK's next chief scientific advisor makes for entertaining and diverting listening...
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Freeing us from our cells: avoiding inherited mitochondrial disease
by Dr Sophie Pryor
On 25 September 2012 the Progress Educational Trust held a debate on the issues surrounding new techniques to prevent the transmission of mitochondrial disease. The event was organised in partnership with City University London's science journalism course and was supported by the Wellcome Trust....