An international research collaboration analysing the DNA of 100,000 women has identified two new genetic variants that are associated with an increased risk of the most common form of breast cancer...
Our DNA harbours a biological clock that can help predict how long a person will live, research suggests...
Researchers have identified a biological process that may cause the failure of embryos to attach to the uterus wall during IVF, raising the possibility of future treatments...
A genetic test to estimate the chance of breast cancer recurrence after surgery is set to become more widely available on the NHS....
The US President, Barack Obama, has revealed details of a multi-agency personalised medicine research plan...
Scientists have developed a technique to lengthen telomeres - the 'caps' on the end of chromosomes that protect DNA - in human cells in the lab, increasing the cells' lifespan...
The House of Commons voted by 382 to 128 to pass regulations permitting mitochondrial donation, a majority of 254...
This collection of interdisciplinary perspectives and empirical observations on the meanings that are attached to a concept of 'relatedness' in fertility treatment is an important read for anyone involved in assisted conception...
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Mitochondrial Donation: Is It Safe? Is It Ethical?
by Dr Rachel Montgomery
Held at the Houses of Parliament, and organised by the Progress Educational Trust (the charity that publishes BioNews), this public debate was well attended. With all the chairs taken and many more people standing, people clearly felt it was important to discuss these issues...
German court decision raises more questions than answers
by Dr Petra Thorn
On 28 January this year the German Federal Court of Justice decided in a landmark court case that donor conceived people have the right to access the identity of their donor - independent of the offspring’s age...