http://www.bionews.org.uk/ The principal aim of BioNews is to provide accurate, balanced and timely news and comment on genetics, assisted conception, embryo/stem cell research and related areas. Mon, 20 May 2013 16:27:55 GMT Ultimate Database Ltd. http://www.bionews.org.uk/page.asp?obj_id=301212 http://www.bionews.org.uk/page.asp?obj_id=301212 Preimplanatation genetic diagnosis (PGD) is a technique that allows couples from families with history of certain inheritable diseases to try and reduce their risk of having a child affected by the condition.... Mon, 20 May 2013 17:27:35 GMT http://www.bionews.org.uk/page.asp?obj_id=299620 http://www.bionews.org.uk/page.asp?obj_id=299620 The Scottish government has approved criteria which include new restrictions on access to state-funded IVF but which also aim to end the 'postcode lottery' faced by many couples with fertility problems... Mon, 20 May 2013 17:20:41 GMT http://www.bionews.org.uk/page.asp?obj_id=301337 http://www.bionews.org.uk/page.asp?obj_id=301337 In addressing egg-donation dad-to-be Ben Saer's points in his BioNews article, it is hard to know where to start. Good parenting is of course supportive and protective, but it does not resolve the desire of some people to know more about who helped create them... Mon, 20 May 2013 17:18:52 GMT http://www.bionews.org.uk/page.asp?obj_id=299644 http://www.bionews.org.uk/page.asp?obj_id=299644 The US medicines regulator, the Food and Drug Administration, has approved a genetic test to help doctors select suitable lung cancer patients to be treated with the drug erlotinib... Mon, 20 May 2013 17:07:10 GMT http://www.bionews.org.uk/page.asp?obj_id=299609 http://www.bionews.org.uk/page.asp?obj_id=299609 Doctors have terminated the pregnancy of 22-year-old Derya Sert, the first woman to receive a womb transplant from a deceased donor.... Mon, 20 May 2013 17:03:44 GMT http://www.bionews.org.uk/page.asp?obj_id=299593 http://www.bionews.org.uk/page.asp?obj_id=299593 Embryonic stem cells have been created from human skin cells for the first time by US scientists using a cloning technique... Mon, 20 May 2013 16:55:35 GMT http://www.bionews.org.uk/page.asp?obj_id=299973 http://www.bionews.org.uk/page.asp?obj_id=299973 A new technique for monitoring embryo health could increase the chance of IVF couples having a healthy baby, according to researchers at a private fertility clinic... Mon, 20 May 2013 16:47:35 GMT http://www.bionews.org.uk/page.asp?obj_id=299917 http://www.bionews.org.uk/page.asp?obj_id=299917 Genes believed to regulate sleep rhythm are expressed abnormally in people with major depressive disorders, scientists say... Mon, 20 May 2013 16:40:50 GMT http://www.bionews.org.uk/page.asp?obj_id=297672 http://www.bionews.org.uk/page.asp?obj_id=297672 Should gamete donors be allowed to place conditions on who receives their donation? And should those considering having children via donor conception be encouraged to adopt instead?... Mon, 20 May 2013 16:18:54 GMT http://www.bionews.org.uk/page.asp?obj_id=297986 http://www.bionews.org.uk/page.asp?obj_id=297986 A full audio recording of last month's Progress Educational Trust debate at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists... Tue, 14 May 2013 17:21:24 GMT http://www.bionews.org.uk/page.asp?obj_id=296776 http://www.bionews.org.uk/page.asp?obj_id=296776 A genetic test released in the USA claims to be able to score the aggressiveness of prostate cancer before medical intervention, helping men with the condition decide if and when to start receiving treatment.... Mon, 13 May 2013 16:25:07 GMT http://www.bionews.org.uk/page.asp?obj_id=296767 http://www.bionews.org.uk/page.asp?obj_id=296767 A Liverpool fertility clinic has been forced to import sperm from Manchester and London after a significant fall in local donations... Mon, 13 May 2013 16:08:56 GMT http://www.bionews.org.uk/page.asp?obj_id=296743 http://www.bionews.org.uk/page.asp?obj_id=296743 The parents of a child born with a rare blood clotting disorder have lost their legal battle against an IVF doctor for wrongful birth after he failed to warn them of the risks of passing on the hereditary condition... Mon, 13 May 2013 15:56:30 GMT http://www.bionews.org.uk/page.asp?obj_id=296916 http://www.bionews.org.uk/page.asp?obj_id=296916 The recent Nuffield report makes two disappointing recommendations - that anonymous donation should not be reintroduced, and that the state should encourage those who donated pre-2005 to come forward. Both positions are obstructive to donors, past and present... Mon, 13 May 2013 15:55:05 GMT http://www.bionews.org.uk/page.asp?obj_id=296643 http://www.bionews.org.uk/page.asp?obj_id=296643 Research to identify an Australian boy's mystery illness, which ultimately involved scientists around the world, led to the identification of a new paediatric brain disorder, as well as the faulty gene behind the condition... Mon, 13 May 2013 15:42:15 GMT http://www.bionews.org.uk/page.asp?obj_id=296625 http://www.bionews.org.uk/page.asp?obj_id=296625 A genetic mutation responsible for both Sturge-Weber syndrome, a rare neurological disorder, and 'port-wine stain' birthmarks, has been identified... Mon, 13 May 2013 15:40:39 GMT http://www.bionews.org.uk/page.asp?obj_id=297113 http://www.bionews.org.uk/page.asp?obj_id=297113 The Progress Educational Trust (PET)'s project 'When It Takes More Than Two', supported by the Wellcome Trust, sought to clarify public and professional understanding of donor conception by focusing on the different parties involved... Mon, 13 May 2013 15:35:06 GMT http://www.bionews.org.uk/page.asp?obj_id=297344 http://www.bionews.org.uk/page.asp?obj_id=297344 I'd not been to a Cafe Scientifique event before and was a little unsure of what to expect. The Royal Brompton coffee shop setting did at first feel strange; I'm more used to discussions in lecture theatres where there is a clear distinction between audience and speaker... Mon, 13 May 2013 15:33:32 GMT http://www.bionews.org.uk/page.asp?obj_id=296757 http://www.bionews.org.uk/page.asp?obj_id=296757 The transfer of one pre-screened embryo during IVF leads to birth rates equivalent to transferring two unscreened embryos, indicates new research from the USA.... Mon, 13 May 2013 14:51:47 GMT http://www.bionews.org.uk/page.asp?obj_id=294374 http://www.bionews.org.uk/page.asp?obj_id=294374 Gene therapy will be used to treat heart failure for the first time in the UK, in clinical trials being launched by the British Heart Foundation... Tue, 7 May 2013 17:48:47 GMT