Surrogate awarded supervised contact with child
A surrogate who lost a legal battle to keep her child has been granted supervised contact by the Family Court, although her attempt to regain custody has failed...
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Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
IVF funding: Bedfordshire 1 — Brentwood 0
Basildon and Brentwood CCG has announced that it will no longer provide fertility treatment, including IVF on the NHS to new patients...
Australian woman charged over surrogacy in Cambodia
A fertility nurse in Cambodia has been arrested for her involvement in the commercial surrogacy industry, following a recent crackdown by authorities...
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.
X chromosome may offer females protection against cancer
Having two copies of the X chromosome may help explain why females get cancer less often than males, according to new research...
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.
Stress could trigger heart disease linked to mutation
Gene variants coding for the muscle protein titin cause enlarged hearts in healthy individuals, and stress may trigger carriers to develop heart disease, according to a study...
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.
Only half of chromosome is DNA
DNA only accounts for about half of the total volume of chromosomes, as shown by new 3D images of human chromosomes...
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.
Families with genetic diseases support genome-editing research
More than 75 percent of those with a genetic condition, and their family members, support the use of genome-editing technology, a survey has found...
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Video Review: Prenatal Genetic Testing — Making an Informed Decision
When it comes to prenatal genetic testing and screening, informed consent is crucial. These seven videos from the US help patients to understand what's involved...
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Regeneration of oocytes from discarded genetic material: will this double IVF success rates?
by Dr Philip Lewis and 1 others
A major factor limiting the effectiveness of IVF is the availability of high-quality egg cells from a patient. But new research suggests that the use of polar bodies might create two oocytes for the price of one...