British Hospital to Screen Embryos for Colon Cancer
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Couples who have a risk of passing on an inherited form of colon cancer to their children will be allowed to have their embryos screened to ensure they do not carry the faulty gene that causes the illness.
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Doctors may be overdoing it a bit on colonoscopies, a procedure to screen for colon cancer using a tiny camera, even though they can save lives, researchers reported on Monday
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NEW YORK  - A new study provides "reassuring" evidence that babies born from in vitro fertilization with preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) -- in which a cell or two are removed from the developing embryo to screen for genetic problems -- are not at increased risk of birth defects.
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More and more couples are turning to an embryo-screening technique that allows them to choose the genetic makeup of their children, according to a survey released yesterday in the online edition of the journal Fertility and Sterility.
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A genetic test which may improve accurate diagnosis of prostate cancer is launched in the UK.
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Doctors may be able to predict which women are at high risk of miscarriage, say researchers.
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Mixing cells and eggs to be allowed in search for new medical treatments.
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Scientists say they have found two genetic mutations that could triple the risk of developing bowel cancer.
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A former cancer patient who experts thought was infertile gives birth to a baby at a hospital in Edinburgh.
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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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The prospect of using human embryonic stem cells to treat disease appears a small step closer as the result of two new experiments with the cells, which are mired in political controversy because they are derived from human embryos.
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Two mums and one dad fight hereditary diseases British scientists have successfully created "three parent" embryos using a technique they hope will offer "effective treatments for a range of serious hereditary diseases within five years".â¦
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Australian doctors use genetic screening to ensure that a test tube baby's blood is compatible with its mother's.
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The government is looking into calls to lift a ban on creating embryos from dying children to aid key research.
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Researchers have developed a  checklist of measures they say could improve the quality of  care for people undergoing colon cancer surgery.
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At-risk patients in England are to be offered screening for heart disease and strokes, Gordon Brown is to say.
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A bowel cancer screening programme is being introduced in a bid to reduce deaths.