NHS to fund girl's gene treatment
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An eight-year-old girl with a rare degenerative condition will have her Â£100,000 a year treatment funded by the NHS.
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A couple's chances of receiving IVF treatment on the NHS are down to a &quot;postcode lottery&quot;, according to a report.
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A UK fertility centre starts offering cut-price IVF treatment for women who donate their eggs to research.
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British doctors believe they have cured a boy of a rare disorder by transplanting cells from his baby brother.
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British scientists have created human embryos containing DNA from two women and one man, a procedure that could potentially prevent conditions including epilepsy, diabetes and heart failure.
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A human genetics clinic said on Thursday it had developed 18 new lines of disease-carrying embryonic stem cells and was offering them to researchers eager to study their potential for treating inherited diseases.
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British scientists plan to use stem  cells to cure a common form of blindness, with the first  patients receiving test treatment in five years.
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The Royal Society, UK, is seeking submissions for its investigation into the potential for designing drug treatments based on a personâs genetic makeup.
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A plan to offer girls aged 12 to 13 vaccinations against cervical cancer from September 2008 could end up saving 400 lives a year, the government announced Friday.
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Scientists in Dundee hope that gene research will aid efforts to reduce medication for cancer patients.
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The British government has approved a plan to allow women to donate eggs for stem cell and cloning research and to be compensated for it &#151; an action that scientists hope will improve the supply of eggs.
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Pioneering treatment for sufferers of type 1 diabetes approved for use on NHS patients
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A team of researchers from the National Cancer Institute reported yesterday that they have successfully treated two cancer patients using gene therapy, the introduction of genes into the human body for medical purposes.
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The UK's growing sexual health crisis is to be tackled with a Â£300m investment for clinics and advertising.
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The Royal Society is to investigate how a person&#39;s individual genetic make-up could affect the way medicine works on them. It is hoped that the research will allow medical professionals to eventually tailor-make drugs to suit the patient.
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British schoolgirls are to be offered vaccinations against cervical cancer from next year, in a scheme which could save hundreds of lives a year, officials said Friday.
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Screening human embryos for a rare genetic condition leading to bowel cancer in order to select embryos lacking the pre-disposition has been given the go-ahead in the UK.