A person's 'epigenetic age' can predict how long they will live, according to a study of over 13,000 individuals...
Scientists at Cambridge University have shown a genetic variant increases a person's preference for high fat food...
Scientists say they have evidence that new eggs can grow in adult ovaries, something that had previously been considered impossible...
The first generation of men born through intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) have lower sperm counts, according to a small study...
Four women in the USA have become the first in the country to receive uteruses transplanted from living donors...
Cancer risk is not linked to different rates of adult stem-cell division in organs, a study suggests...
The latest data from the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has shown that the number of adverse incidents in UK fertility clinics has increased slightly...
In this documentary, Sally Phillips argues that individuals are more than just their biological characteristics and their potential health problems. But, if we view people in these terms, it's all too easy to ignore what fantastic qualities they might end up having too...
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The Mexican mitochondrial case and moral supremacy
by Dr Giulia Cavaliere
The announcement of the first baby born using mitochondrial spindle transfer, one of the two techniques that allow the replacement of faulty mitochondrial DNA, caught the UK scientific and bioethics community by surprise...
Semen quality of ICSI-born males — not as bad as we thought
by Professor Allan Pacey
The finding that men who were conceived as a result of ICSI have lower sperm counts is not surprising, but the good news is that they are not as low as might have been expected...