Smoking in teen boys leads to DNA damage in offspring
Specific epigenetic changes to the genomes of offspring have been linked to smoking by their fathers before the age of 15, a recent study across six countries showed...
Georgia Canton is a Volunteer Writer at BioNews and works as an Embryologist at King's Fertility in London. She completed the NHS Scientific Training Programme in 2023, with her research project investigating the use of morphokinetic data to predict the likelihood of aneuploidy in embryos. She studied her MSc in Reproductive Medicine: Science and Ethics at the University of Kent and her BSc in Medical Genetics at the University of Leicester. She tweets as @GE_Everett.
Specific epigenetic changes to the genomes of offspring have been linked to smoking by their fathers before the age of 15, a recent study across six countries showed...
The family of Henrietta Lacks has reached a settlement with the biotechnology company that profited from her cells...
The family of Henrietta Lacks is suing biotechnology company Thermo Fisher for profiting from cells taken without her consent...
Reconciling the need to share genomic data to improve public health with General Data Protection Regulation legislation is complex, an abstract presented at the European Human Genetics Conference 2021 in August has shown...
The Scottish Government and NHS Scotland have launched their first campaign to encourage people to become sperm and egg donors...
The UK advertising regulator has concluded that a page on Homeopathy UK's website discouraged people from seeking essential medical treatment for conditions including infertility...
A report published by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has indicated that ethnic minority women have lower chances of a successful pregnancy through fertility treatment, and particularly so for black women...
A Missouri state representative has been indicted by a federal grand jury for her part in a fraudulent scheme where patients were allegedly administered with COVID-19 treatments that were falsely claimed as containing stem cells...
Chinese actor Zheng Shuang has been dropped from her professional partnerships, including her role as brand ambassador for fashion house Prada, after being embroiled in a surrogacy scandal...
Women may have to wait up for up to eight months for their fertility to return to normal after stopping some forms of contraceptives...
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