Toddlers should be tested for inherited cholesterol disorder
Screening toddlers for an inherited cholesterol disorder during routine vaccinations could reduce the risk of heart attacks, a study has suggested...
News
Image by Peter Artymiuk via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts the shadow of a DNA double helix, on a background that shows the fluorescent banding of the output from a DNA sequencing machine.
Genome editing using nanoparticle technology treats blood disorder
Researchers have developed a novel genome-editing technology to correct the defective gene that causes the blood disorder beta-thalassemia...
Epigenetic sperm test sheds light on male infertility
The US start-up Episona has produced an epigenetic sperm test, which it claims can determine whether sperm will produce 'good' or 'poor' quality embryos...
'Three-person babies' grow up into healthy teenagers
Seventeen children conceived through ooplasmic transplantation have all matured with regular health and cognitive abilities, according to a study...
23andMe halts development of next-generation gene sequencing
Personal genomics company 23andMe has halted plans to develop next-generation sequencing technology, it has revealed ...
National Sperm Bank closed to new donors
The UK National Sperm Bank is no longer recruiting donors, after signing up just eight men in the two years since it opened...
Reviews
Video Review: The DNA Journey
A recent viral advertising campaign about the power of genetic ancestry testing tugs at the heart strings. But the science it invokes may not be all it's purported to be...
Event Review: 'Genome editing: an ethical review' launch
The Nuffield Council on Bioethics presented its preliminary report 'Genome editing: an ethical review' in the genteel surroundings of the Royal Geographical Society in South Kensington...
Comment
The British Fertility Society — committed to providing good information for patients
by Professor Adam Balen
There is a lack of reliable information in the public domain for patients and their families, as well as an array of misleading and confusing information, but the British Fertility Society aims to counter this with impartial advice and information...
Frozen Assets? Preserving Sperm, Eggs and Embryos
by Sarah Norcross
The Progress Educational Trust's event on preserving fertility was held in Edinburgh on 25 October...