Genetics underpinning high blood pressure risk identified
Blood pressure regulation and risk of hypertension (high blood pressure) are influenced by over 2000 genomic regions...
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Blood pressure regulation and risk of hypertension (high blood pressure) are influenced by over 2000 genomic regions...
Children conceived from frozen embryos may have an increased likelihood of developing leukaemia, recent research suggests...
by Olivia Goff
Delivering short electrical pulses to cells has been shown to increase the susceptibility of cells to take in gene therapy, potentially reducing the dosage required...
by Hannah Flynn
Placenta organoids created from cultured human placenta cells have been used to shed light on several types of infection in early pregnancy...
Healthy habits can mitigate genetic risks of early death and increase lifespan by five years, a recent study shows...
Nuclear Family by Kate Davies is a fictional exploration of the discovery that your father is not genetically related to you. This novel is far from typical, writes Sylvie Armstrong, and touches on taboo topics, sexual identity and family…
Professor Marcia Inhorn's book dispels stereotypes by focusing on the experiences of 100 women who froze their eggs, writes Dr Zaina Mahmoud...
A young New York couple begin the tech-paved path to parenthood...
Dr Dan Jacobson finds this 'high-minded, critically-polarising, French, visually-stunning-yet-powerfully-moody exploration of human existence' bold, fascinating and more than occasionally unintelligible...
The scope for artificial intelligance to improve our understanding of, and application of, genomics is discussed in this latest G Word Podcast, from Genomics England...
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All CommentFertility add-ons in Canada: Is it time to end the silence?
by Dr Arthur Leader
Emeritus Professor, Arthur Leader, discusses the use of IVF treatment add-ons in Canada...
Ethnic disparities in gamete donors must be tackled
by Professor Geeta Nargund
Less than 1000 people from ethnic minority backgrounds have donated sperm in the UK, in the past 30 years. This has led to challenges for many fertility patients, writes Professor Geeta Nargund of the HFEA...
40 Years of Egg Donation and Counting: What Have We Learned? What Happens Next
by Rebecca Robb
PET's first Australia-centric online event celebrated the 40th anniversary of the announcement that a child had been born following egg donation for the first time. The event explored the research that made this possible, and the state of egg donation today...
Vatican's treatment of surrogacy not 'dignified'
by Natalie Sutherland
The Vatican's criticism of surrogacy fails to acknowledge the reality for many surrogates and intended parents, argues Natalie Sutherland...
PET Podcast: Mary Warnock at 100 – The Architect of Embryo Law
by Sarah Norcross
Bringing you PET events as a podcast. In the 17th episode of its podcast, PET marks the 100th birthday of the late Baroness Mary Warnock, with Felix Warnock, Dr Duncan Wilson, Professor Anna Mastroianni, Baroness Ruth Deech and Julia Chain...