Parents of dead US cadet gain order to preserve his sperm
The parents of an army cadet who died after a skiing accident in Westchester, New York have been allowed to have his sperm preserved...
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Image by Bill Sanderson via the Wellcome Collection, © Wellcome Trust Ltd 1990. Depicts Laocoön and his family (from Greek and Roman mythology) entwined in coils of DNA.
Australia's Attorney-General argues sperm donor's case as parent
The Australian High Court has heard a case concerning the legal parentage of a child born following sperm donation...
Image by Sílvia Ferreira, Cristina Lopo and Eileen Gentleman via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a single human stem cell embedded within a porous hydrogel matrix (false colour).
Two more patients free of HIV after stem-cell transplants
Two HIV patients have been found to have undetectable levels of the virus after receiving stem-cell transplants as part of treatment for cancer. There has only been one other case of this kind, reported ten years ago in Berlin...
DNA damage in neurons repaired during sleep
Sleep has an important role in allowing DNA in brain cells to repair, suggests a new study that also links higher chromosome activity at night to DNA repair...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
Dogs offer clue to human sperm decline
Chemicals in household carpets and flooring, clothing and upholstery, are damaging sperm quality in men and domestic dogs...
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TV Review: The Big Questions — Should Surrogacy Become a Commercial Business?
Should surrogates in the UK be paid more than their reasonable expenses? If they get paid more, could that mean that a baby is essentially being bought and money becomes the motivation to be a surrogate?...
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Talking genomics with patients
by Jemma Walker and 1 others
As part of the annual Genomics Conversation Week of Action, the Progress Educational Trust teamed up with Health Education England's Genomics Education Programme for an event entitled 'Talking Genomics with Patients'...