Sandy Raeburn obituary: Distinguished genetic disease researcher dies
The clinician and world authority on inherited diseases, Professor John Alexander Raeburn — affectionately known as Sandy — has died aged 77...
News
Prenatal tests are misused for sex-selection in the UK
Prenatal tests offered by private UK clinics are misused for sex-selection and could lead to abortions of female fetuses, according to a BBC investigation...
Home DNA test kits should come with a warning, says HFEA
The UK's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority is urging companies that offer direct-to-consumer DNA testing to provide more comprehensive warnings to customers...
Skeletal stem cells discovered in humans
Scientists have found sources of skeletal stem cells in humans for the first time...
A quarter of human genes have been entirely neglected by research
Of the human genome's 20,000 or so genes, about 2000 have received almost all the attention of biomedical researchers...
Maria Bitner-Glindzicz obituary: Pioneer geneticist killed in London cycling incident
Clinical and molecular geneticist at UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, Professor Maria Bitner-Glindzicz, has died at the age of 55 after a traffic incident while cycling in central London...
Frequent sex — not abstinence — is better for sperm quality
Sperm quality and pregnancy outcomes in IVF may be improved with frequent ejaculation, a new study suggests...
Reviews
TV Review: One Day that Changed My Life (Episode 5, Series 3) — BBC One
The very wording of the title of the BBC documentary series 'One Day That Changed My Life' gives any observer an idea of the tone of the programme they are about to watch. Drama and suspense seem to dominate as each episode weaves in and out of the storie
Comment
It's a bumper harvest — but what about consent?
by Professor Anna Smajdor
In the wake of a recent Mail on Sunday article, one might wonder if there are grounds for moving from a small-scale subsistence-type approach to the harvest, to a more industrial approach. No, we are not talking about vegetables here, but… sperm...