Babies born through IVF have higher cancer rates
Children born through IVF are at an increased risk of some childhood cancers, suggests a new study...
News
Human 'mini-brains' in lab mimic development and disease
New brain organoids have been created to show development of both healthy human brain cells and those associated with genetic disorders...
Autism linked to grandmothers' smoking
A higher likelihood of autism spectrum disorder and autistic traits have been linked to maternal grandmothers smoking while pregnant...
Artificial womb sustains premature lambs
Researchers have kept premature lambs alive for several weeks using a 'biobag' designed to mimic the conditions of a womb...
UK Parliamentary committee publishes report on genomics and genome editing
The Science and Technology Committee of the UK Parliament's House of Commons has published a brief report of its wide-ranging inquiry into genomics and genome editing...
DNA tests spot returning lung cancer a year before scans
Blood tests for tumour DNA could predict relapse of the most common type of lung cancer up to one year before clinical signs show up on patient's scans...
Reviews
TV Review: The Good Fight - Henceforth Known as Property
US spin-off legal drama 'The Good Fight' delivers a brief storyline when representing an ovarian cancer survivor whose only chance of genetic connection to a child is by gaining back custody of her previously donated eggs.
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Unproven stem cell therapies — promise versus evidence
by Cathal Farrell
The ability of stem cells to divide into different mature cell types has ignited the field of regenerative medicine. Stem cells promise to repair and regenerate damaged or diseased tissues without the need for orthodox medical or surgical interventions. H
The CRISPR patent dispute - Europe and the US
by Brian Nolan
The European Patent Office and the United States Patent and Trademark Office have been thrust into a dispute pitting the University of California, Berkeley and the University of Vienna against the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard University. Scientists