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Test to screen for all genetic diseases
By Made For Mums on 24/10/2008 16:15:20
Couples may be given the option of screening embryos for all genetic diseases
A "universal test," created by British scientists, is near completion and is designed to help parents at risk of passing on genetic defects to conceive healthy children using IVF treatment.The test can identify the genetic defects behind conditions
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Genetics
By MadeForMums on 20/04/2010 15:59:44
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Genetic link to autism
By Cassandra Kempster-Roberts on 30/04/2009 11:21:56
Strong evidence that genes play a role in autism found
Scientists have compelling evidence that genetics have a hand in autism. The Nature study, funded by the US National Institutes of Health, has highlighted genetics changes that seem to impact on the likelihood of developing autism and related
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Gene test for couples planning a pregnancy
By Cassandra Kempster-Roberts on 08/02/2010 12:07:50
New test, which can identify if prospective parents carry genetic mutations that could lead to diseases, due in Britain soon
history of conditions like cystic fibrosis can be screened on the NHS already. However this new test is aimed at people who aren’t in any high-risk group and it can also check for 109 genetic disorders, reports the Times.The test will be available for £700
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Girls born with fear of spiders
By Cassandra Kempster-Roberts on 03/09/2009 13:11:03
Being scared of those creepy crawlies could be down to evolution and genetics
Scientist, could mean girls are genetically predisposed to fearing potentially dangerous animals, insects and arachnids.The results came from David Rakison, a psychologist from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. He showed 10 girls and 10 boys, who
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Embryos with ‘two mums’ could halt hereditary diseases
By Tessa Watkins on 15/04/2010 14:31:51
Scientists have developed embryos containing DNA from one man and two women
Scientists have created embryos with ‘two mums’ during research that could help eradicate a host of genetic diseases. The new fertility technique, developed by researchers from Newcastle University, swaps DNA between eggs.Mitochondrial diseases can
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Autism’s links with genes discovered
By Cassandra Kempster-Roberts on 10/06/2010 13:12:17
World’s largest genetic study into autism finds many more genes involved in the condition
this is still a long way off.The National Autistic Society’s Dr Gina Gomez de la Cuesta told the BBC, “This study furthers our understanding of genetic variation in autism, however there is a great deal more research to be done. Research into autism
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Step closer to genetically engineering children
By Kyrsty Hazell on 27/08/2009 14:48:21
Ethical storm brewing over scientific breakthrough
, inherited disease, and could be a step towards an era of hybrid children.Although the technique stems from what some consider to be a good cause – that is, trying to combat the spread of genetic diseases - it has started an ethical debate on whether
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Donor parents may be revealed on birth certificates
By Made For Mums on 01/08/2007 10:37:00
Parents who conceal the fact that a child was conceived from donor sperm or eggs could face jail under rules proposed by a committee of MPs and peers.
to two years. Fertility pressure groups described the proposals as a "blunt instrument" that could do more harm than good.They say there is a serious danger children could discover by accident that they are not genetically related to their parents
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Doctors discover 'addictive' gene in pregnant women
By on 15/05/2009 10:55:57
The ability of pregnant women to give up cigarettes easily could be genetic
Pregnant women who find it more difficult to give up smoking could have an “addictive gene”, experts have suggested.A study published in the Human Molecular Genetics journal found that women with the gene had a much lower chance of giving up
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