Stable bacteria created using synthetic DNA
Scientists have developed bacteria which can live and grow with DNA containing extra 'letters'...
Scientists have developed bacteria which can live and grow with DNA containing extra 'letters'...
by Anna Leida
Spanish scientists have made a prototype 3D bioprinter that can create functional human skin...
by Arit Udoh
Insulin-producing cells from pancreases grown in rats can cure diabetes when transplanted into mice, according to a study...
The first early human—pig embryo chimeras have been created by researchers at the Salk Institute, California...
The High Court has ordered that new birth certificates be produced for twins born following fertility treatment, after the originals failed to include the father because consent forms were missing.
The Ipswich and East Suffolk Clinical Commissioning Group has abandoned plans to cut all funding for IVF treatment, following a huge public response...
Doctors at London's Great Ormond Street Hospital have used genome editing to successfully treat two children with leukaemia...
Matthew Hill covers the 30-year history of the 14-day rule on human embryo research, bringing the topic right up to the present day and the current debate on extending the rule...
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What's so special about the status of the embryo?
by Dr Jess Buxton
The fifth and final session of the Progress Educational Trust's annual conference 'Rethinking the Ethics of Embryo Research: Genome Editing, 14 Days and Beyond' covered a range of perspectives on the status of the human embryo...