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| Bowel cancer rates rising among younger adults |
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| 20 May 2019 - by Grace O'Regan |
| The incidence of bowel cancer is increasing among under 50s in Europe and other high-income countries around the world, two studies have confirmed... [Read More] |
| Compound in broccoli reduces tumour growth |
| 20 May 2019 - by Shaoni Bhattacharya |
| A new study gives credence to the idea that broccoli could protect against cancer... [Read More] |
| Human germline is 'not inviolable', says German ethics council |
| 20 May 2019 - by Helen Robertson |
| The German Ethics Council has stated that intervention in the human germline - that is, DNA inherited by children from their parents - 'is not inviolable' when it comes to potential interventions... [Read More] |
| Record numbers of parents preserving cord blood |
| 20 May 2019 - by Dr Loredana Guglielmi |
| The number of new parents paying to bank their baby's umbilical cord blood for future use in stem cell therapies or transplantation in case of illness has increased by 59 percent in the space of four years in the UK... [Read More] |
| Scientists urge men to consider banking sperm before 35 |
| 20 May 2019 - by Sarah Gregory |
| New research has shown that men who start a family later in life are more likely to experience fertility problems and can increase the risk of health issues in their children... [Read More] |
| Texas bill would treat 'fertility fraud' as sexual assault |
| 20 May 2019 - by Jennifer Willows |
| A bill to expand the definition of sexual assault to include fertility fraud has been passed by the Texas house of representatives... [Read More] |
| Genetic therapy fixes damaged hearts in pigs |
| 13 May 2019 - by Melanie Krause |
| For the first time, scientists have demonstrated that a genetic therapy can regenerate heart tissue after heart attack injury in a large mammal... [Read More] |
| Indiana first US state to write 'fertility fraud' into law |
| 13 May 2019 - by Suzi Denton |
| Indiana has become the first US state to pass legislation making it a criminal offence for fertility doctors to use their own sperm in treatment without their patients’ prior knowledge and consent... [Read More] |
| Italy will not recognise intended parent of surrogate-born child, court rules |
| 13 May 2019 - by Antony Starza-Allen |
| Italy's highest court has ruled that the non-biological father of two children born through surrogacy overseas cannot be named as the children's legal parent... [Read More] |
| Native American man's DNA traced back 17,000 years |
| 13 May 2019 - by Dr Sam Sherratt |
| A Native American man in Montana has the 'oldest' human DNA in the United States, according to news reports... [Read More] |
| Prostate cancer gene mutation raises risk of death by threefold |
| 13 May 2019 - by Charlott Repschlager |
| A mutation that raises a prostate cancer patient's risk of death by threefold has been discovered... [Read More] |
| Record numbers of single women seeking fertility treatments |
| 13 May 2019 - by Jakki Magowan |
| Women without male partners are increasingly seeking fertility treatment according to a new report by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority... [Read More] |
| Embryos not 'living persons' judges rule in Ohio case |
| 7 May 2019 - by Suzi Denton |
| An appeal court in Cleveland, Ohio, has ruled that a couple's embryos lost in a freezer-failure incident last year were not 'living persons', and should not therefore have been treated as patients rather than property... [Read More] |
| Gene behind major cause of women's infertility found |
| 7 May 2019 - by Jakki Magowan |
| A gene that plays a key role in causing polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) has been discovered, and could lead to better disease prediction and treatment... [Read More] |
| Removing single gene prevents aggressive pancreatic cancer in mice |
| 7 May 2019 - by Georgia Everett |
| Researchers have discovered that the deletion of a single gene can halt the development and progression of aggressive pancreatic cancer in mice... [Read More] |
| USA to roll out DNA testing at Mexico border |
| 7 May 2019 - by Bernie Owusu-Yaw |
| The USA's Department of Homeland Security is expected to initiate a DNA testing pilot programme this week at the US-Mexico border, in efforts to verify genetic relationships within families entering the USA... [Read More] |
| WiFi devices affect sperm, suggests study |
| 7 May 2019 - by Catherine Heffner |
| A small study by researchers in Japan has indicated that exposure to WiFi may have detrimental effects on sperm function... [Read More] |
| Dutch fertility doctor fathered 49 children, DNA tests show |
| 29 April 2019 - by Dr Rachel Montgomery |
| DNA tests have confirmed a Dutch doctor fathered 49 children after secretly using his own sperm to impregnate women at his fertility clinic... [Read More] |
| Gene therapy successfully treats 'bubble boy' disease |
| 29 April 2019 - by Helen Robertson |
| Infants born with a severe immunodeficiency disorder have been successfully treated in a new gene therapy trial... [Read More] |
| Lung-disease gene edited in mice in the womb |
| 29 April 2019 - by Dr Maria Botcharova |
| Scientists have used genome editing in mouse fetuses to edit a gene that causes severe lung disease... [Read More] |
