The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has pledged over US$280 million over the next four years to genome sequencing targeting common and rare human diseases...
Scientists in the USA have identified a biomarker that could predict which patients with colon cancer might benefit from chemotherapy to prevent recurrences of the disease after surgical treatment....
Chinese researchers have identified genetic mutations that cause infertility in a small number of women...
A stem cell treatment routinely used for bone and blood cancers is showing promise at reversing the effects of multiple sclerosis...
Scientists have identified a mutation in the gene BRIP1 that triples a woman's risk of ovarian cancer...
An article published in the journal Cell, providing an account of the discovery of the genome-editing technology CRISPR, has sparked fierce disagreement between the leading scientists involved in developing the technology....
A new IVF technique has been developed which allows fertilisation to occur in the womb rather than in the laboratory...
For couples who have difficulty in conceiving naturally, this is an excellent guide by Professor Robert Winston on the main causes of infertility...
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Germline in the sand: The ethics and law of engineering the embryo
by Dr Antony Starza-Allen
We report from the fourth session of annual conference of the Progress Educational Trust, titled 'Germline in the Sand: The Ethics and Law of Engineering the Embryo', which discussed the ethics of human embryo genome editing...
Non-invasive prenatal testing in the non-Western context
by Professor Vardit Ravitsky and 5 others
Since its introduction in 2011, the availability of non-invasive prenatal testing has been expanding globally and rapidly. The clinical introduction of NIPT has clear benefits for pregnant women, such as reducing the need for invasive testing. But, depending on local circumstances, it also raises varying challenges and opportunities...