Epigenetic signature linked to Alzheimer's discovered
A pattern of epigenetic alteration of genes involved in Alzheimer's disease has been discovered...
A pattern of epigenetic alteration of genes involved in Alzheimer's disease has been discovered...
A drug to treat ovarian cancer has shown promising results in a clinical trial, delaying signs of relapse and reducing chances of death. The drug olaparib, a PARP inhibitor, was used in patients with BRCA-mutated advanced ovarian cancer...
Researchers have identified a new enzyme to make the genome editing approach, CRISPR, able to target more locations within the genome...
by Ewa Zotow
A novel gene therapy to improve symptoms in Parkinson's disease is being trialled by researchers in London and Paris...
Surgeons have successfully repaired the spines of two fetuses with spina bifida, a spinal birth defect, for the first time in the UK...
by Jen Willows
Clinical commissioning groups in England are setting their own criteria — contrary to official guidelines — to ration access to NHS fertility services, according to campaign group Fertility Fairness...
A father's smoking habit can cause cognitive deficits in the second and third generations, a study in mice has shown...
'Every time somebody decides to have a baby, they're engaging in a game of Russian roulette,' argues Professor Mary Herbert, a reproductive biologist at the University of Newcastle. Around 60-70 percent of fertilised eggs will never make it to pregnancy
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Enforcing 'mother' status on a transgender man harms both parent and child
by Jessica Smith
A transgender man who recently gave birth wishes to be registered as the child's parent, but not mother, on the birth certificate. The case will be heard in the High Court in 2019...
In defence of IVF
by Dr Raj Mathur
It is striking how IVF has become part of the national conversation in ways that would have been unthinkable one or two decades ago...