Scientists have developed a prototype blood test to predict whether pregnant women who give signs of early labour will in fact give birth prematurely...
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has published a set of draft statements that aim to 'eliminate' current geographical disparities in access to fertility treatment...
British pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca has presented trial data from an experimental lung cancer drug...
Definitive support for the existence of human cancer stem cells has been found, according to researchers at the University of Oxford and the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden...
Chemicals found in common household products can affect human sperm behaviour in the laboratory, according to a recent study...
Mice with a viral form of multiple sclerosis are able to walk again after receiving a transplant of human stem cells, scientists report...
Orphan Black is a fast-paced, nail-biting thriller about human cloning that raises questions about control of personal genetic information, the harms of non-invasive research and the nature of family...
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BRCA and I
by Kerry Andrew
Ten years ago, aged just 24, I tested positive for a high-cancer-risk BRCA1 mutation. Six months later, I underwent a preventative double mastectomy with reconstructive surgery...