Human stem cells have been used to create networks of blood vessels in mice that functioned for nine months...
The world's largest database of cancer-related genetic variations to date has been made available by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), US...
The Department of Health has announced that the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority will remain the independent regulator of assisted reproduction and embryology research in the UK...
A gene known to be linked to a much higher risk of obesity has been found to affect levels of the hunger hormone ghrelin, according to an international group of scientists...
A test which looks at how active different genes are could help doctors determine whether a patient has a viral or bacterial infection...
A method that 'switches off' entire chromosomes has been used in isolated cells to target the genetic defect behind Down's syndrome...
For the first time, scientists have created induced pluripotent stem cells from adult tissue without adding extra genes...
Perhaps we are not so different from chimps? Not so, Professor Roberts says; it is us who are experimenting on them, putting them in enclosures and making TV programmes about them...
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Old fertility science is still painfully relevant for today's women
by Dr Archana Vasireddy and 1 others
The science is clear: most women, even in their late 30's, will succeed in having children, but many will face more infertility, miscarriage and complicated pregnancies...
How worried should we be about the 'slippery slope to designer babies'?
by Professor Stephen Wilkinson
Why are potentially positive developments like mitochondrial replacement therapy and next-generation sequencing greeted with talk of 'designer babies', and is such language justified?