The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has granted the first licence to a UK researcher to edit the genomes of human embryos...
A gene involved in managing the connections between brain cells appears to be associated with an increased risk of developing schizophrenia...
Researchers have used the CRISPR/Cas9 genome-editing technique to correct a genetic mutation that causes blindness...
UK fertility doctors are seeking permission to trial a new IVF treatment that involves transferring additional mitochondria into egg cells before fertilisation...
Scientists have discovered that the use of painkillers during pregnancy in rats may reduce the fertility of their offspring...
Researchers from the UK and the Netherlands have identified a 'genetic signature' in the womb that could help explain repeated IVF failure in some women....
A Chinese laboratory has created genetically modified monkeys that show symptoms of autism...
A woman is on trial in France on charges of defrauding two same-sex couples who had hired her as a 'surrogate'...
An author and a science historian host an online discussion on the promise and perils of the 'science of designer babies'...
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Meeting Mary Warnock
by Professor Kirsty Horsey and 1 others
Last November, we accepted an invitation to have coffee and a chat with Mary Warnock. We had no real brief — we just looked forward to a tour through her life and her thoughts on what she had done for the world of assisted reproduction...