| Genetic switch could accelerate wound healing |
| 22 March 2010 - by Dr Marianne Kennedy |
| The ability for mammals to regenerate damaged tissue without scarring has been demonstrated for the first time by a research team based at the Wistar Insitute, Philadelphia... [Read More] |
| Canada turns a blind eye to egg 'donor' grey market |
| 22 March 2010 - by MacKenna Roberts |
| The Canadian ban against women selling their eggs as a source of eggs for fertility treatments is reported to be systemically flawed in practice, according to an expose article published in the April 2010 edition of the Canadian magazine The Walrus. Journalist Alison Motluk interviewed egg 'donors' and recipients, fertility experts and regulators, revealing that the Canadian ban is as farcical as its loose interpretation of the word 'donor'. The article attributed the discrepan... [Read More] |
| New genetic test 'three times better' at detecting autism |
| 22 March 2010 - by Dr Charlotte Maden |
| New research into diagnostic genetic tests for autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) has revealed the effectiveness of a new test that is currently not used in the first line of diagnosis. The findings were published online last week in the journal Paediatrics.... [Read More] |
| Overseas artificial insemination outlawed in Turkey |
| 22 March 2010 - by Gozde Zorlu |
| Turkish women who go abroad to get pregnant via insemination by donor sperm face up to three years in prison after new regulations were passed by the country's Ministry of Health earlier this month.... [Read More] |
| Genetic information doesn't improve breast cancer risk prediction, large study finds |
| 22 March 2010 - by Dr Rachael Panizzo |
| Breast cancer risk prediction does not improve significantly when genetic information is included in the risk prediction model, a new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine has found.... [Read More] |
| Glowing fruit fly sperm may aid fertility research |
| 22 March 2010 - by Seil Collins |
| By genetically engineering fruit flies, researchers from Syracuse University in the US have been able to track the fate of live sperm cells between insemination and fertilisation.... [Read More] |
| EXCLUSIVE: 'Rafflegate' doctor says Brits travelling to US for IVF |
| 21 March 2010 - by Dr Vivienne Raper |
| 'More and more' Brits are travelling to the US for donor egg IVF, according to a physician at the heart of last week's egg raffle controversy. The Genetics & IVF Institute (GIVF) near Washington DC has already treated around 10 British women and a further 15 - 20 are interested, Dr Laurence Udoff told reporters at a news briefing on Wednesday.... [Read More] |
| Porridge for your oats |
| 22 March 2010 - by Dr Vivienne Raper |
| A Scottish fertility clinic is offering men free porridge if they donate sperm, in an attempt to tackle a sperm donor shortage... [Read More] |
| Stem cells used for pioneering windpipe transplant |
| 22 March 2010 - by Dr Vivienne Raper |
| A UK child has become the world's first to receive a full windpipe transplant using an organ built from his own stem cells... [Read More] |
| Leading bioethicist to reignite debate on cousin marriages |
| 22 March 2010 - by Dr Vivienne Raper |
| A leading bioethics professor and crossbench peer is to reignite the debate on the genetic risks of marriage between first cousins... [Read More] |
| Multiple births threaten marriages, study finds |
| 22 March 2010 - by Dr Vivienne Raper |
| Parents of twins, triplets or more are more likely to divorce or separate than other couples with children, according to a report commissioned by a multiple birth charity.... [Read More] |
