Embryo model resembles the early stages of the complete human central nervous system
Human pluripotent stem cells have been used to create a complete model of the human central nervous system and mirror its early stages of development in vitro...
by Rithika Bose
Human pluripotent stem cells have been used to create a complete model of the human central nervous system and mirror its early stages of development in vitro...
Prostate cancer can be divided into two different genomic subtypes with implications for treatment strategies, new research has shown...
Organoids grown from testicular cells of young mice have shown characteristics of normal mouse testes and have potential to produce sperm...
by Olivia Goff
A protein involved in DNA damage repair, PARP1, has been likened to superglue due to its crucial role in holding together the broken DNA ends...
Researchers have unravelled how mutations in a single gene can cause abnormal brain development in fetuses and babies...
The NHS has expanded access to its bowel cancer screening service for people with Lynch syndrome...
The Nuffield Council on Bioethics recently published a report identifying gaps in ethical guidance available to those working in UK-based genomic research and healthcare. In this article, Danielle Hamm, director of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics discusses how and why these need to be addressed in a coordinated way...
New genetic markers that drive the development of type 2 diabetes and other vascular diseases have been identified...
The frequency of genetic variants associated with the risk of developing disease varies between groups of people with different ancestries, according to a large US study...
Genome editing has been used to successfully correct genetic defects in a mouse model of a fatal hereditary disease...
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