Hannah Devlin
Sperm donor with cancer-prone mutation conceived at least 67 children across Europe
The sperm of a man carrying a rare cancer-causing mutation was used to conceive at least 67 children, 10 of ...
Bananas that don’t brown within minutes? Gene editing makes that possible
“Food waste is a big contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. It’s very bad, clearly,” said Gilad Gershon, the chief executive ...
Genomic prediction: Start-up claims to offer parents a way to select ‘desirable’ traits like IQ. Will it work?
There is broad scientific consensus that intelligence is partly inherited and that genes play a significant role. But pinning this ...
Unearthing the Shire? 3-foot tall Hobbit-sized human ancestor bone found in Indonesia
The remains of a member of the smallest ancient human species on record, who stood at just 1m tall, have ...
UK scientists support loosening restrictions limiting embryo research
Scientists are calling for a review of the UK's 14-day rule on embryo research, saying that extending the limit could help ...
Eliminating bird flu: How gene-edited chickens could mitigate threats
In a recent gene editing study, my colleagues and I showcased the potential of gene editing to protect chickens from the threat ...
Podcast: Future fertility — In the coming world of synthetic embryos, can regulation keep up?
Synthetic human embryos: can the law keep pace with the science? – podcast ...
No need for sperm or eggs: Scientists have created synthetic human embryos using stem cells
Exclusive: Breakthrough could aid research into genetic disorders but raises serious ethical and legal issues ...
Next generation medicine: Will the people who most need gene therapy and gene-editing tools have access to them?
One of greatest risks of gene editing tools ‘is that the people who would benefit most will not be able ...
Ancient exchange of ideas: Modern humans and Neanderthals shared designs for jewelry and stone tools
Modern humans lived alongside Neanderthals for more than 1,000 years in Europe, according to research that suggests the two species may have ...
These 4 new techniques are spearheading future of fertility treatments
Here are four of the new reproductive treatments that scientists say could be just a few years away from the ...
Boosting photosynthesis: GMO soy bean trial demonstrates 25% jump in yield
Genetically modified soya beans designed to absorb light more efficiently produced a 25% greater yield in an advance that could ...
‘Real-life Hunger Games’: Zolgensma is a revolutionary gene therapy — but it costs $2 million a dose
Zolgensma, a drug made by the pharmaceutical company Novartis, that offers the most tantalizing hope [for children born with spinal ...
Slow mental decline begins in your 20s? New evidence suggests brains don’t slow down until after 60
It is widely accepted as one of life’s bleak but unavoidable facts: as we get older, our brains get slower ...
Protein tangles may help predict where and how Alzheimer’s will strike the brain
Tangles of a protein found inside the brain cells of people with Alzheimer’s disease can be used to predict future ...
Inaccuracies in consumer genetic tests for BRCA mutations prompt call for crackdown from UK doctors
Senior doctors have called for a crackdown on consumer genetic tests, following an influx of patients who have been wrongly ...
Are men angrier than women? Or do they just show it more?
Science is beginning to provide new explanations about the ways that personality, age, gender and life experiences shape the way ...
3-parent baby sparks backlash after doctors use experimental procedure as a fertility treatment
A baby with DNA from three people has been born in Greece following a controversial fertility treatment. The baby boy, weighing 2.9kg ...
Can genetic tests predict our cancer risk?
The [UK] health secretary, Matt Hancock, [recently] shared his shock at discovering that he is at greater than average risk for ...
‘Overblown’ fear of biotech crops hinders scientific progress, Nobel laureates warn
Winners of this year’s Nobel prize for chemistry say overblown fears about genetically modified foods risk preventing society benefiting from ...
Gender bias: Are we overlooking autism in women and girls?
Hundreds of thousands of girls and women with autism are going undiagnosed due to it being viewed as a “male ...
Challenging the story of our origin: Human traits had ‘patchwork emergence’ across Africa
The origins of our species have long been traced to east Africa, where the world’s oldest undisputed Homo sapiens fossils were discovered ...
Neanderthal ‘mini brains’ created from ancient DNA could illuminate human brain biology
Scientists are preparing to create “miniature brains” that have been genetically engineered to contain Neanderthal DNA, in an unprecedented attempt ...
Gene editing could all but end world’s most serious livestock diseases
Farming is poised for a gene editing revolution that could overcome some of the world’s most serious livestock diseases, the ...
CRISPR 2.0: Targeting incurable diseases by ‘turning up volume’ on good genes
Incurable diseases such as diabetes and muscular dystrophy could be treated in future using a new form of genetic engineering ...
Age of Alzheimer’s onset accurately predicted by test of 31 genetic markers, study finds
Scientists have developed a new genetic test for Alzheimer’s risk that can be used to predict the age at which ...
Chickens genetically engineered to act as surrogates could protect vulnerable breeds from avian flu
In a radical plan to preserve rare varieties [of chicken breeds] such as the Nankin, Scots Dumpy and Sicilian Buttercup, scientists ...
Woolly mammoth 2.0 could be walking the Earth within 10 years
The woolly mammoth vanished from the Earth 4,000 years ago, but now scientists say they are on the brink of ...
