A leading reproductive biologist has warned against delaying motherhood beyond 35 years old, highlighting the risks of age related infertility....
Advances in DNA sequencing mean that high-throughput, routine genetic testing of people with cancer is now a realistic possibility...
One comprehensive genetic database is needed for the prevention of deaths from cardiac disease to be a reality, says a cardiology expert...
For the first time living tissue in mice has been induced into an embryonic state without any intervening preparation in the lab...
A blood test for children born with cataracts will allow faster diagnosis and more personalised treatment, according to researchers at the British Society for Genetic Medicine's annual conference...
Scientists have shown how to map tuberculosis outbreaks using DNA sequencing, an advance that could lead to quicker, more effective responses to the potentially lethal bug...
The eating disorder anorexia nervosa has been linked, somewhat unexpectedly, to variants in a gene involved in cholesterol regulation...
A Singaporean-based company has become the first company to offer iPS cell banking to the public...
It might seem a bit simplistic to start a review of a debate with the dictionary definition, but after watching Professor Tim Spector's and Dr Helena Cronin's debate on the new science of gender, I just had to go back and check....
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Recent surrogacy disputes in focus
by Louisa Ghevaert
Two recent surrogacy disputes have emerged from Wisconsin, in the United States, and South Africa which highlight the challenging legal and practical issues surrogacy can create....