Epigenetic test sorts fatal from manageable prostate cancer
Researchers have identified a DNA methylation signature that can identify aggressive prostate cancer, with up to 92 percent accuracy...
Researchers have identified a DNA methylation signature that can identify aggressive prostate cancer, with up to 92 percent accuracy...
Many cases of dementia could be caused by non-inherited, spontaneous DNA mutations early in prenatal life, a new study suggests...
Researchers have successfully used genome editing in mice to correct a genetic mutation that causes the liver disease phenylketonuria (PKU)...
Clinicians and researchers have petitioned that a clinical trial for a stem-cell based treatment for heart disease be halted, as some of the results on which it was based have been called into question...
Men produce the higher quality sperm in autumn and spring, according to a large study in the USA...
A dystopian world where environmental pollutants are leading to sterility of the human race — fiction, or a stark reality of where we are heading?...
Watching this film truly brought me into the shoes of a donor-conceived child. As an embryologist, I’ve been trained to be empathetic and well-counselled on the rollercoaster that is fertility treatment, but film-maker Sara Lamm’s search for her donor
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Bring on the bots: Chatbots will make genetic counselling services more accessible
by Tara Schmidlen and 1 others
It's 2018, and Alexa has become a common household name. The iPhone just turned 10 and roughly two-thirds of adults worldwide own a smartphone. About 84 percent of the global population lives in an area where mobile broadband access is available. At the s