| Elton John and partner announce the birth of their first surrogate child |
| 10 January 2011 - by Seil Collins |
| Elton John and David Furnish announced the birth of their first child, Zachary Kackson Levon Furnish-John born on Christmas day to a surrogate mother in California.... [Read More] |
| First 'saviour sibling' stem cell transplant performed in UK |
| 10 January 2011 - by Dr Jay Stone |
| A life-saving tissue transplant from a 'saviour sibling' has been carried out entirely in Britain for the first time.... [Read More] |
| UK's first surrogacy advice centre opened |
| 10 January 2011 - by Harriet Vickers |
| The UK's first centre to advise same-sex couples wanting to have children will open later this month. Tony and Barrie Drewitt-Barlow will run the British Surrogacy Centre in Essex to guide couples through the surrogacy process... [Read More] |
| Online tool for predicting IVF success launched |
| 10 January 2011 - by Dr Gabrielle Samuel |
| Researchers have developed a calculator that they claim can be used to provide people who are having fertility problems with an assessment of the likelihood of having a successful outcome following IVF... [Read More] |
| Human embryos may lose legal protection, UK fertility watchdog claims |
| 10 January 2011 - by Antony Starza-Allen |
| The chair of the UK's fertility regulator has said a principle governing how human embryos are used in research may be undermined by proposed changes to UK research governance. Professor Lisa Jardine warned the ''safeguarding of the 'special status of the embryo'' could be lost... [Read More] |
| Hundreds may share mutant gene with 18th-century 'giant' |
| 10 January 2011 - by Dr Lux Fatimathas |
| UK researchers have identified the genetic mutation that caused an 18th Century Irish man to grow to a height of seven and a half feet. This was the result of a growth disorder called gigantism. Studies of four modern day Irish families also presenting with similar growth disorders, showed they too expressed the same genetic mutation.... [Read More] |
| Mice affected by what their dad ate |
| 10 January 2011 - by Dr Sophie Pryor |
| A father's diet can affect the way his offspring's genes function, according to the authors of a study on mice. Scientists found information about the diet of male mice can be passed to their offspring, causing changes to the 'switching on and off' of genes involved in processes like metabolism. The research could one day help identify people at higher risk of illnesses like diabetes and heart disease... [Read More] |
| Faulty stem cells may cause male pattern baldness |
| 10 January 2011 - by Dr Rachael Panizzo |
| Faulty stem cells may cause the onset of male pattern baldness, scientists have found. Professor George Cotsarelis and colleagues at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Philadelphia discovered that stem cells are present in the hair follicles of both bald and hairy scalp regions in men with male pattern baldness... [Read More] |
