DNA TEST DATA MAY NOT ALTER A PERSON'S HEALTH HABITS

DNA testing for disease risk has been expanded in many countries... READ MORE›

FIRST EMBRYO GENE-REPAIR HOLDS PROMISE FOR INHERITED DISEASE

I for one believe, and this paper supports the view, that ultimately gene editing of human embryos can be made safe... READ MORE›

HUMAN EMBRYOS 'EDITED' TO STOP DISEASE GENE, IN SCIENTIFIC FIRST

In 2015, a UN bioethics committee called for a stop to human embryo gene editing for fears it could be used to modify the human race... READ MORE›

FIRST SAFE REPAIR OF DISEASE-CAUSING HUMAN EMBRYO GENE

In a groundbreaking step, researchers have safely repaired a disease-causing gene in human embryos, targeting a heart defect best known for killing young athletes... READ MORE›

ETHICAL QUESTIONS RAISED AS SCIENTISTS REPORT FIRST SAFE REPAIR OF DISEASE-CAUSING GENE IN HUMAN EMBRYOS

Altering human heredity? In a first, researchers safely repaired a disease-causing gene in human embryos, targeting a heart defect best known for killing y... READ MORE›

AMERICAN SCIENTISTS USE GENE-EDITING CRISPR TECHNOLOGY ON HUMAN EMBRYOS

Researchers in Oregon are the first in the United States to use gene-editing technology on human embryos, according to a report in the MIT Technology Review... READ MORE›

SCIENTISTS BUILDING DNA FROM SCRATCH TO ALTER LIFE'S BLUEPRINT

By the time the new yeast genome is completed, researchers will have added, deleted or altered about a million DNA letters... READ MORE›

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WORLD'S FIRST BABY BORN FROM NEW PROCEDURE USING DNA OF THREE PEOPLE

When the couple approached Zhang for help, he decided to try the mitochondrial transfer procedure... READ MORE›

THREE-PERSON BABIES 'BOLD STEP' - DEBATE

Related Stories MPs should take the bold step to allow the creation of babies from three people, Public Health Minister Jane Ellison says... READ MORE›

U.K. APPROVES TECHNIQUE TO MAKE BABIES FROM DNA OF 3 PEOPLE

The procedure is aimed at helping parents at risk of passing mitochondrial disease onto their children... READ MORE›

LORDS WHO DID NOT VOTE CLAIM A?100K

Members do not have to vote in the House of Lords to be eligible for the ?300 daily allowance... READ MORE›

DOG FAMILY TREE REVEALS HOW MODERN BREEDS CAME TO BE

First, researchers aimed to understand how the numerous and diverse dog breeds relate to each other... READ MORE›

BIDEN HEADS TO EUROPE AMID INTENSIVE DIPLOMACY ON UKRAINE

Some groups opposed to the procedure, including Human Genetics Alert, had likened it to genetic modification... READ MORE›

GENETIC EDITING COULD ROB WORLD OF CREATIVE GENIUSES LIKE THOMAS EDISON OR TENNESSEE WILLIAMSA

Statistics have shown that writers are 10 times more like to be bipolar than the general population and poets 40 times... READ MORE›

BRITISH LORD RESIGNS POSTS IN SCANDAL OVER DRUGS

Lord Sewel does not represent any political party in the House of Lords, a fact that could limit the fallout from the allegations... READ MORE›

GENOME STUDIES SHOW HOW EBOLA SPREAD INITIALLY

It has continued to be among the versions of the virus propagating in Guinea and later in Sierra Leone... READ MORE›

FIRST BABY BORN FROM THREE-PARENT TECHNIQUE

The resulting egg -- with nuclear DNA from the mother and mitochondrial DNA from a donor... READ MORE›

3-PARENT BABIES OK'D BY U.K. PARLIAMENT

The resulting embryo would have the nucleus DNA from its parents but the mitochondrial DNA from the donor... READ MORE›

Some groups opposed to the procedure, including Human Genetics Alert, had likened it to genetic modification... READ MORE›

CANADIAN COMPANY'S GENETICALLY MODIFIED APPLES WIN US APPROVAL

Arctic apples would first be available in late 2016 in small quantities but not widely distributed for some years, Carter said... READ MORE›

PARLIAMENT TURNS THE PAGE ON PARCHMENT

The House of Lords is the less powerful chamber, but it is responsible for recording the acts of Parliament for both the parliamentary and national archives... READ MORE›

WORLD FIRST BABY BORN WITH DNA FROM THREE PARENTS

Dr Dusko Ilic, a reader in stem cell science at King's College London, said This is great news and a huge deal... READ MORE›

NON-VOTING PEERS CLAIMED MORE THAN A?100,000 IN EXPENSES IN LAST PARLIAMENT

Electoral Reform Society says David Camerons expected plan to appoint 50 more peers could cost taxpayer at least A?1.3m annually... READ MORE›

THERESA MAY FACING TORY BACKLASH OVER PLANS TO SLASH NUMBER OF MPS

Theresa May is facing a severe backlash from both Tory and Labour MPs over plans to slash the number of seats in Parliament... READ MORE›

CANADIAN DISCOVERS GENETIC MUTATION LINKED TO SEVERE MS IN TWO FAMILIES

While Sadovnick and her co-authors are confidant that this gene mutation caused MS in these families, other researchers caution it's too early to make this claim... READ MORE›

'COMPELLING' SCIENCE REVEALS INDIGENOUS PEOPLE THE FIRST AUSTRALIANS

The ancestor's DNA showed similarities with DNA from other Indigenous Australians, types that are only found in Aboriginal people and not found anywhere else, he says... READ MORE›

GOVERNMENT PLANS TO REFORM SOCIAL WORK COULD MAKE SERVICES WORSE, SAY MPS

Tory-dominated committee says bill fails to address core concerns such as worker caseloads and numbers quitting the profession... READ MORE›

TEEN LOSING HER SIGHT WANTS TO SEE THE WORLD WHILE SHE STILL CAN

Alexis was the only one who chose herself as a subject her OPA-1 genetic mutation... READ MORE›

MEET THE AUSTRALIAN IVF BABIES BORN WITHOUT 'DEFECTIVE GENES'

After taking DNA samples from the parents, doctors were able to compare gene sequences and identify which genetic codes were defective... READ MORE›

HOW THE 'INTERNET OF DNA' COULD SOLVE THE MYSTERY OF THIS BOY'S DISEASE

In infectious disease, researchers are also realizing the potential of genomic data sharing, particularly during fast-moving epidemics like Ebola or Zika... READ MORE›

NEW RESEARCH PROVIDES CLUES TO WHY PEOPLE ARE BORN INTERSEX

A genetic mutation that causes skull abnormality has been linked to intersex conditions... READ MORE›

THE AMAZING STORY OF PRISCILLA LOPES-SCHLIEP AND THE IOWA MOM

Jill Viles, in a recent photo with her son Martin, has a rare genetic mutation, one similar to former Canadian Olympic hurdler Priscilla Lopes-Schliep, right... READ MORE›

BOYS 'TURNED GAY BY CHILDHOOD CHANGE IN GENES'

Some boys turn homosexual during childhood because of genetic changes triggered by their environment scientists have suggested in findings that are likely to prove highly controversial... READ MORE›

SCIENTISTS CLOSER TO CAUSE OF SCHIZOPHRENIA WITH DRAMATIC GENETIC FINDING

Based on that research, Harvard geneticist Steven McCarroll analysed data from some 29,000 schizophrenia cases, 36,000 controls and 700 post-mortem brains... READ MORE›

WORLD'S FIRST GENETICALLY MODIFIED HUMAN EMBRYO CREATED, CHINESE SCIENTISTS CLAIM IN NEW STUDY

World's First Genetically Modified Human Embryo Created, Chinese Scientists Claim In New Study... READ MORE›

SCIENTISTS HOLD SECRET MEETING TO CONSIDER CREATING A SYNTHETIC HUMAN GENOME

The project was initially called HGP2 The Human Genome Synthesis Project, with HGP referring to the Human Genome Project... READ MORE›

BOOM IN GENE-EDITING RAISES ETHICS DEBATE

CRISPR made headlines last spring when Chinese scientists reported the first-known attempt to edit human embryos, working with unusable fertility clinic leftovers... READ MORE›