Majority of breast cancer patients do not need chemotherapy
Chemotherapy is not necessary to treat the most common type of breast cancer in 69 percent of cases, a new study has shown...
News
New York court rules embryo to be destroyed
A New York Court has ordered that a former couple's last frozen embryo must be destroyed, per the husband's wishes, despite being the woman's last chance to have a biologically related child...
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.
Data breach sparks DNA test privacy concerns
Genealogy service MyHeritage has revealed that some of their user account data has been hacked...
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.
FDA puts major CRISPR genome editing trial on hold
The US drugs regulator has put on hold an application for a clinical trial of a new genome editing based treatment for sickle cell disease...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
Stress during military conflict lowers sperm quality
Scientists in Israel have linked prolonged stress during outbreaks of Israeli-Palestinian conflict with lowered sperm quality in Israeli men...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
First UK womb transplant to take place this year
The charity Womb Transplant UK has announced its intention to carry out the first womb transplant in the UK by the end of 2018, with living as well as deceased donors...
Reviews
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
Book Review: 21 Miles - Swimming in Search of the Meaning of Motherhood
Jessica Hepburn, author of 'The Pursuit of Motherhood’, former executive director of the Lyric Theatre in Hammersmith and founder of Fertility Fest, underwent 11 rounds of unsuccessful IVF, multiple miscarriages and an ectopic pregnancy
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts equipment used for embryo biopsy.
TV Review: The Split (BBC 1, Episode 3, Series 1)
As avid readers of BioNews will know, I am a hard-to-please reviewer: more than willing to turn on TV, films, plays, radio or books that poorly represent any fertility issues, particularly those with legal dimension...
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With great genomic data comes great responsibility
by Sarah Norcross
As part of Genomics England's Genomics Conversation initiative, the Progress Educational Trust (PET) — the charity that publishes BioNews — is producing a public event this month entitled 'With Great Genomic Data Comes Great Responsibility'...