Widow takes fight over frozen embryos to High Court
The widow of a Falklands veteran is going to the High Court in an attempt to stop the couple's frozen embryos from being destroyed...
News
Zika's achilles heel spotted with help from CRISPR
Researchers have pinpointed a gene that, if blocked, may stop Zika and other related viruses in their tracks...
Osteoporosis drug touted as potential 'BRCA-blocker'
A drug currently used to treat osteoporosis in old age may help prevent breast cancer in women with a genetic predisposition for the disease...
Womb transplant mother pregnant again
A Swedish woman who gave birth in 2014 following a womb transplant is pregnant with a second child...
CRISPR cancer therapy trial gets go-ahead in US
The first in-human use of the genome-editing technology CRISPR has been approved by a US federal safety board...
Genes may be active after death
Hundreds of genes become active after death and can stay active for up to four days, according to a study...
Reviews
Radio Review: Contact
Contact gives us a view of the judiciary from a lesbian, lay client - precisely how is a 'white, straight male in his 60s' going to make a decision about a little girl, her same-sex female parents and her heterosexual father?...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts equipment used for embryo biopsy.
Theatre Review: The Quiet House
Gareth Farr's play is almost too realistic, too honest, and features raw and completely unguarded performances...
Comment
Can women put motherhood on ice?
by Dr Lucy Freem
The Progress Educational Trust held its first-ever debate in Scotland — on the subject of egg freezing — which proved a lively topic of debate...