A woman is suing healthcare professionals in the USA for failing to detect that she was a carrier of cystic fibrosis...
Researchers have visualised the onset of skin cancer at its earliest, single-cell stage for the first time...
Scientists have identified a genetic mutation that causes a rare inherited allergy to vibration...
The parents of a child carrying genetic markers for cystic fibrosis are suing a school for alleged discrimination and unlawful disclosure of personal information...
The US Department of Defense will offer to pay for active service members to have their sperm or eggs frozen in an effort to retain troops...
Clinical investigations of mitochondrial donation are 'ethically permissable', says a panel of experts reporting to the US Food and Drug Administration...
A biotechnology company co-founded by two leading scientists involved in developing the genome-editing technology, CRISPR/Cas9, has gone public, raising over $94 million in its initial share offering...
Scientists have used data from personal genomics company 23andMe to identify a set of genes that are linked to being a 'morning person'...
Robert Klitzman explores the history and ethics of institutional review boards...
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The distracting genome
by Julian Hitchcock
Last week the front pages and airwaves filled with well-written, balanced articles about a significant development in UK embryo research. There was, however, something missing: a story...
Sarah Norcross discusses the use of genome editing in human embryo research
by Sarah Norcross
The director of the Progress Educational Trust and commissioning editor of BioNews discusses genome editing in the local, national and international media...