DNA Editing: Future therapy for genetic conditions?

DNA Editing: Future therapy for genetic conditions? It can’t have escaped your notice that in the past few days the latest development in DNA editing has featured heavily in the media as news emerged of scientists from the USA and South Korea successfully removing a piece of faulty DNA from an embryo. Not untypically, the[…]

Parental Dilemma

I suffer from a genetic condition known as Autosomal Dominant Polycycstic Kidney Disease (ADPKD) in which cysts develop on the kidneys and other organs. The cysts multiply and grow, eventually destroying the kidneys. In common with a number of other people to whom I’ve spoken, I believed that the condition spread down the female line[…]

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