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| £5.8m boost for mitochondrial disease research |
| 23 January 2012 - by |
| An experimental genetic technique to prevent serious diseases from passing between mother and child is to receive £5.8 million funding. The Wellcome Trust is contributing £4.4 million to the new Centre for Mitochondrial Research at Newcastle University...[Read More] |
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| Gene link to oesophageal cancer |
| 23 January 2012 - by |
| The gene causing a skin disorder which predisposes to oesophageal cancer has been identified. More than nine out of ten people with tylosis, which causes thickening of the skin on the palms and soles, will develop oesophageal cancer before the age of 65, but until now the reason for this was obscure...[Read More] |
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| Life-long intelligence isn't just down to your genes |
| 23 January 2012 - by |
| Researchers from Scotland have found around one-quarter of changes in intelligence observed from childhood to old age may be due to our genes. Although the researchers accept the finding is not statistically significant, it is the first to estimate the contribution of genetic variations to cognitive ageing....[Read More] |
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| S.H. v Austria denies infertile Europeans human rights |
| 23 January 2012 - by |
| Procreative liberty and the right to legal recognition of parent-child relationships continue to be prominent themes in disputes between individual citizens and government over access to assisted reproduction. The judiciary has been largely reluctant to state whether resort to reproductive technology is a human right...[Read More] |
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| Sorry, wrong number |
| 23 January 2012 - by |
| We were really excited to offer BioNews readers the opportunity to donate to our BioNews Christmas Appeal by text message. But now we realise that we used the wrong number! So if you have kindly donated to our appeal by text we won't have received it and you won't have been charged for it. If you would like to donate please text PROG23 £amount to 70070...[Read More] |
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| To twin or not to twin? That is the (unasked) question |
| 23 January 2012 - by |
| A recent spate of articles celebrating the birth of an IVF 'twin' five years after her brother left me perplexed. Why was this news, when embryo freezing has been in use since the mid-1980s? And as the children were not identical by what definition were they twins? |
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| Book Review: Humanity 2.0 - What It Means to be Human Past, Present and Future |
| 23 January 2012 - by |
| What does it mean to be human in an increasingly technology-driven world? This is the question that Steve Fuller, a philosopher turned sociology professor, discusses in his latest book Humanity 2.0...[Read More] |
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| Book Review: Precious Babies - the author responds |
| 23 January 2012 - by |
| I was delighted that Rachel Pepa's review of my book 'Precious Babies' concluded that it had much to recommend it as a guide to having children after fertility problems as that's exactly what the book is intended to be. I wasn't surprised that she didn't feel it addressed her issues as a donor-conceived adult because the book is not about donor conception or adults...[Read More] |
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| Book Review: Precious Babies - a counsellor's view |
| 16 January 2012 - by |
| Kate Brian's book, a combination of personal stories and expert advice, fills a gap for many people who have conceived through fertility treatment, but realise that the physical and emotional impact continues well after the treatment has ended...[Read More] |
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