A new highly sensitive diagnostic system for diseases has been adapted from CRISPR...
A blood test could swiftly detect gene mutations found in lung cancer, allowing faster commencement of treatment...
Australia has maintained a ban on sex selection for non-medical reasons, in revised guidelines on assisted reproductive technologies (ART) published this month...
A million-dollar gene therapy treatment for a rare blood disease will be withdrawn from the European market due to lack of demand...
Researchers have discovered a new approach to slow the rate of breast cancer tumour growth in mice...
A claim for judicial review that sought to challenge changes to the way the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) presents data about UK fertility clinics on its website has failed...
'Having our baby: The surrogacy boom' is an informative account of the processes involved in undergoing surrogacy in Canada. The documentary wrangles with the emotional, ethical and legal issues that stem from commissioning a Canadian surrogate, and looks
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Mitochondrial replacement techniques, Mexico and the legal unknowns
by Dr César Palacios-González
It is not every day that we can examine the details of the first use of a new reproductive technology. But the first live birth of a baby following the use of a mitochondrial replacement technique (MRT) in IVF last year gives a window into just this. The
Is there a right to genetic affinity with one's children?
by Dr Megan Allyse
Assisted reproduction returned to the international spotlight last month, when Singapore's highest court penalised a fertility centre that had mistakenly fertilised a woman's eggs with the wrong sperm. The woman and her husband sued for compensation equal