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Event Review: Heart Genetics - Predicting the Future? |
| 13 May 2013 - by Simon Hazelwood |
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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... [Read More] |
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Non-invasive prenatal testing: the news unbroken |
| 07 May 2013 - by James Brooks |
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I know what they say about yesterday's news and today's chip paper but what I'm about to tell you is six months old and still a little way off as a headline... [Read More] |
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Remembering Robert Edwards, 1925-2013 |
| 15 April 2013 - by Professor Martin H Johnson |
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Robert Geoffrey Edwards, or 'Bob' as his colleagues and friends knew him, is one of the true giants of the 20th century... [Read More] |
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People with Marfan syndrome must be supported in starting families free of the disease |
| 08 April 2013 - by Dr Anne Child |
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Marfan syndrome is a terrible disease. Families must have access to preimplantation genetic diagnosis to limit the genetic impact on their families in the future... [Read More] |
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Patients should get health risk gene information whether they want it or not, says report |
| 25 March 2013 - by Nina Chohan |
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The American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics has published a report recommending that patients who have their genomes sequenced should automatically be told of incidental genetic findings.... [Read More] |
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TV Review: Shrinking My 17 Stone Legs |
| 18 March 2013 - by Matthew Thomas |
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The stump of Mandy's amputated left leg is one metre in circumference, the size of an old vinyl record. Mandy Sellars has a rare genetic condition that meant her legs continued to grow after the rest of her body stopped... [Read More] |
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Genetic mutation for mental retardation found in Amish community |
| 18 March 2013 - by Antony Blackburn-Starza |
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A genetic mutation linked to mental retardation has been identified in an Amish community in the USA.... [Read More] |
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Event Review: Personal Genetics - An Intersection Between Science, Society, and Policy |
| 11 March 2013 - by Cristy Gelling |
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In the decade since the human genome was first sequenced, the cost of reading a human genome has dropped from around US $100,000,000 to around US $6,000. In the past year the target has shifted from the '$1000 genome' to the '$0 genome'... [Read More] |
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Policing preimplantation genetic diagnosis: patients first please |
| 18 February 2013 - by Professor Alan Handyside, Dr Karen Sage, Michael Summers and Dr Alan Thornhill |
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The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority recently announced plans to review the list of approved inherited conditions for which preimplantation genetic diagnosis is currently licensed to ensure that it is only available for conditions which meet the statutory requirements in the UK... [Read More] |
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Bladder condition gene identified |
| 18 February 2013 - by James Brooks |
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A gene behind a rare bladder condition has been identified with potential implications for a far more common bladder problem affecting up to one percent of children... [Read More] |
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Who is afraid of more informed patients? Public fear mongering by the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences |
| 11 February 2013 - by Dr Barbara Prainsack and Dr Daniela Steinberger |
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The Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences' position paper on the 'Potential and Limits of "Individualised Medicine"' illustrates a concerning instance of public fear mongering based on factual mistakes and misinformation... [Read More] |
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German court case may put an end to a sperm donor's anonymity |
| 11 February 2013 - by Jessica Ware |
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A regional appeals court in Hamm, Germany has ruled that a 22-year-old woman conceived via an anonymous sperm donor has a legal right to find out the identity of her biological father... [Read More] |
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Event Review: Futures in Reproduction |
| 04 February 2013 - by Sandy Starr |
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In 2010, Professor Sir Robert Edwards was awarded a long overdue Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for his the part he played in pioneering both the theory and practice of IVF. This conference focused on the kind of cutting-edge research that takes Professor Edwards' legacy forward... [Read More] |
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Receiving: The Recipient Parent Perspective |
| 28 January 2013 - by Cait McDonagh |
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The second debate in the Progress Educational Trust's project 'When It Takes More Than Two' took place at University College London last week. The debate, 'Receiving: The Recipient Parent Perspective', focused on the views of those who have received donor gametes to begin their families.... [Read More] |
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An unfortunate step backward for donor conception in Canada |
| 14 January 2013 - by Dr Juliet Guichon and Dr Vardit Ravitsky |
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People conceived by donor gametes in Canada do not have a right to access their progenitors' medical records or identities. To change this reality, Olivia Pratten brought litigation in October 2008 against the government of British Columbia, where she was donor-conceived about 30 years ago... [Read More] |
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Biotechnology, choice and the public good |
| 07 January 2013 - by Dr Peter Mills |
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How valuable are emerging biotechnologies? Of all the questions about the prospects of the life sciences, this is the one that UK policy makers seem most eager to answer... [Read More] |
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Whole genome sequencing for NHS cancer patients |
| 10 December 2012 - by Antony Blackburn-Starza |
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The UK Government has announced plans that will allow 100,000 NHS patients to have their whole genome sequenced over the next three to five years, as part of a move to boost economic growth in the life sciences industry... [Read More] |
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We all carry hundreds of genetic mutations in our DNA |
| 10 December 2012 - by Purvi Shah |
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An average person carries roughly 400 potentially damaging mutations in their DNA, say geneticists... [Read More] |
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Improved prenatal test may better detect genetic diseases |
| 10 December 2012 - by Dr Lux Fatimathas |
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More sensitive prenatal testing of fetal DNA could improve the detection of genetic diseases, studies find... [Read More] |
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Video Review: Mitochondria Replacement - Some Facts |
| 03 December 2012 - by Maria Sheppard |
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Mitochondrial replacement has been making the headlines this year, but understanding the science behind it is no small task. Cue a whiteboard, some marker pens and two informative narrators... [Read More] |
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