Scientists revealed an innovative method which can be used to transplant blood-forming stem cells directly into the brain...
A woman in Texas has become the first person in the USA to give birth after receiving a uterus transplant...
Scientists in California have used a modified form of the CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing approach to epigenetically treat diabetes, kidney disease and muscular dystrophy in mice...
A woman who acted as a surrogate for friends has sued the fertility clinic where they were treated, after it transferred one of the unused embryos made using her eggs to impregnate the same couple, without her consent...
A breakthrough trial has successfully reduced levels of the harmful protein that causes the neurodegenerative disease Huntington's...
An efficient method to collect amniotic fluid rich in stem cells during caesarean sections has been developed by scientists in Sweden...
Scientists have successfully used gene therapy to prevent bleeding in a small trial of patients with the inherited blood disorder haemophilia B...
UK scientists say they are closer to developing an 'early warning system' for the return of cancer in patients using a simple blood test...
Despite concerted efforts to reduce the stigma surrounding fertility struggles, there still appears to be a 'facelessness' to this incredibly common issue, which suggests that fertility is still very much a taboo subject...
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Preimplantation genetic screening: unvalidated methods discard healthy embryos
by Norbert Gleicher
A seemingly brilliant hypothesis of preimplantation genetic screening arose in the 1990s when Dr Yuri Verlinsky proposed using polar body biopsies to detect chromosomal abnormalities in embryos prior to transfer in IVF...
Healthy embryos are discarded
Does it matter whether infertility is a disease?
by Hane Maung
Infertility affects one in seven couples in the United Kingdom. Currently in England, state-funded treatment for infertility is available under the NHS, although availability varies across different local clinical commissioning groups. Depending on the ki