Illinois courts consider embryo dispute
A woman in the USA is embroiled in a legal battle with her former partner over the use of cryopreserved embryos...
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Image by Peter Artymiuk via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts the shadow of a DNA double helix, on a background that shows the fluorescent banding of the output from a DNA sequencing machine.
Gene test to determine breast cancer treatment gets approval
A new genetic test that can estimate the risk of breast cancer in women returning after surgery has been approved for use in the NHS....
Image by Sílvia Ferreira, Cristina Lopo and Eileen Gentleman via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a single human stem cell embedded within a porous hydrogel matrix (false colour).
Stem cell 'seeding' could improve reconstructive surgery
Transplanting people's own stem cells along with their fat could mean more stable transplants in reconstructive breast surgery, a small preliminary trial suggests...
Image by Peter Artymiuk via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts the shadow of a DNA double helix, on a background that shows the fluorescent banding of the output from a DNA sequencing machine.
'Pan-cancer' genome studies spot patterns across tumour types
Molecular similarities among different tumour types have been identified, revealing new ways to classify cancer...
Image by Peter Artymiuk via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts the shadow of a DNA double helix, on a background that shows the fluorescent banding of the output from a DNA sequencing machine.
Only one in five 'hospital superbug' cases caught in hospital, sequencing study reveals
DNA sequencing of Clostridium difficile samples reveals that the dangerous bacteria, which was previously predominantly transmitted in hospital, is now mostly being caught outside...
Image by Peter Artymiuk via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts the shadow of a DNA double helix, on a background that shows the fluorescent banding of the output from a DNA sequencing machine.
Forget-me-now: Memory loss gene found in mice
Whether painful memories linger or fade may be down to the expression of a single gene, according to researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA...
Mixed messages on surrogacy maternity leave from European court
Uncertainty in EU law over the issue of surrogacy and the right to paid maternity leave deepened this week after expert advisors to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) gave opposing recommendations on separate but similar cases....
Reviews
Image by Peter Artymiuk via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts the shadow of a DNA double helix, on a background that shows the fluorescent banding of the output from a DNA sequencing machine.
Course Review: Epigenetic Control of Gene Expression
There is definitely great scope for expansion in genetics education through online courses, but these should be tailored towards the student's pace, however leisurely that might be...
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Surrogacy: What is so brilliant about 'Brilliant Beginnings'?
by Professor Amel Alghrani and 1 others
Surrogacy law is a mess and no longer fit for practice. As increasing numbers resort to the use of international surrogates or the 'murky waters' of the World Wide Web to find a surrogate, the law is relegated to cleaning up the aftermath...
Hype, hope and headlines
by Dr Gabby Samuel
This event was designed to promote debate about how and when fertility research should be reported in the media, and to ask the question 'where does the responsibility lie to ensure that such reporting is not hyped?' And that it did...