The Supreme Court of Ireland has ruled that the genetic mother of twins born to a surrogate cannot be included as the children's mother on their birth certificates, saying that it is for the Irish Parliament to legislate in this area.....
A six-year legal battle for contact over two girls conceived via known-donor fertilisation has had a 'destructive effect' on the girls' childhood, a High Court judge has warned in his third substantive judgment in the case....
An Australian woman has become engaged to the sperm donor who fathered her one-year-old daughter...
Scientists claim to have discovered the genetic mechanism by which two patients developed immunity to HIV infection...
Researchers have reversed the effects of Parkinson's disease in rats, using human embryonic stem cells...
Our genetic make-up influences the type of bacteria that live in our gut, which in turn influences how likely we are to be overweight, a twin study has found...
Actor Jason Patric has been declared legal parent after a two-year long legal challenge to a ruling that declared him simply a sperm donor for his son...
You and all the whales, rhinos and bats owe your lives to a tiny shrew...
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Genetic conditions: How should your DNA be used in the 100,000 Genomes Project?
by Dr Nicoletta Charolidi
At this Progress Educational Trust (PET) and Genomics England event on the use of data in the 100,000 Genomes Project, a panel of experts had the opportunity to reflect on the goals of the project and respond to audience questions...
Seek and ye shall find: the challenge of genome sequencing
by Dr Simon Woods
The 100,000 Genomes Project is raising some thorny ethical issues: what kind of feedback should research participants receive, and how?...