Genetic 'fountain of youth' heals wounds in mice
A gene normally only expressed in embryos has been shown to improve tissue repair in adult mice...
News
Lesbian egg donor granted parental rights by Florida Supreme Court
The Florida Supreme Court has recognised the parental rights of non-birth, biological mothers in same-sex relationships, under both the Florida and US constitutions....
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.
Accurate editing of human DNA now possible, say scientists
A molecular technique that enables any part of the human genome to be altered with extreme precision has been hailed by scientists as a breakthrough in genetics...
Clinical-stage gene therapy company launched
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia has invested US $50 million in a biotech start-up in an effort to commercialise gene therapy...
China: Shanghai smog to blame for subpar sperm, says clinic head
High levels of air pollution are to blame for a distinct drop in semen quality in Shanghai, according to the doctor who runs the city's main sperm bank...
IVF less successful for ethnic minorities, study finds
The outcome of fertility treatment may be influenced by the ethnicity of the mother, a UK study has found...
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.
Call for volunteers for open-access genome project
The UK branch of the Personal Genome Project has launched, with the aim of sequencing the genomes of 100,000 British volunteers...
Reviews
Event Review: Darwin Lecture on Science and Medicine
The chance to watch a lecture from a Nobel laureate is always exciting. Throw in a couple of scientific societies that clock up over 400 years of history between them, and you can practically feel the prestige dripping from the ceiling...
Comment
An inconvenient truth: ICSI is not necessary for the majority of IVF patients
by Dr Steven Fleming
Despite the views of several IVF experts that intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection is overused in IVF, it continues unabated. So why is nobody listening?...