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Sunday 25 October 2020
Hospitals and universities across Ireland are collaborating with Genuity Science due to, experts say, lack of a public project or strategy.
Expert familiar with such agreements cited issues with data access, exclusivity and intellectual property.
Ireland still has a chance to take control of genomics research – if it follows this advice.
Concerns were raised in the Dáil because “public awareness of this significant proposal is very limited”.
Researchers are worried that affected patients and families will not see notices for commercially linked study.
Solicitor Simon McGarr also explains how Genomics Medicine Ireland did not meet the informed consent requirements for a Galway study.
Dr Ciara Staunton says it is “unfathomable” that the government has funded the collection of 400,000 Irish genomes, shutting them off from most researchers.
Many genetic variants play a role in same-sex attraction, according to a new scientific study.
Today is National Haemochromatosis Awareness Day as part of World Haemochromatosis Week
The technique is being used to help prevent women passing on fatal genetic diseases to their children.
A new study has given new insights into where our ancestry lies.
Just over 72% of the embryos ended up being free of a heart disease-causing mutation.
The research comes as the Irish State is expected to formally recognise Travellers as an ethnic group.
Last night, the HSE approved a programme that could save the lives of two baby girls.
Nellie and Lara are the only two children in Ireland with Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 1 – an extremely rare genetic condition.
Genetically speaking.
The DNA of two sets of remains have been analysed for the first time.
However, it’s not yet known how their health will be impacted by the process.
Just blame it on those bad genes.
UK politicians have approved an IVF method that uses DNA from three donors.
Her doctor said this is akin to a man delivering twins as the woman did not undergo puberty and has never had a period.
It is a fact of life that parents will enter into arrangements of whereby a third party bears their child – so we need legislation that deals directly with surrogacy.
The family in this case has said it is “very disappointed but every hopeful”.
The Irish genetics firm has been sold to a multi-billion dollar US medical-technology company for a secret sum.
A short film on Dr Emmeline Hill, the UCD geneticist who discovered the “speed gene” in horses.
A free event happening in Dublin today aims to get more girls and young women interested in the field.
One in 25 people is a carrier for Alpha-1 deficiency, but it remains somewhat of a hidden disease.
David Epstein’s work addresses the nature v nurture debate in the most balanced manner we have come across.
Someday in the future, that pesky MC1R could be a thing of the past, if this myth is to be believed.
The UK has given it a green light. What do you think of the scientific breakthrough?
However a study also said that a reduced reactivity to stress can lead to diseases such as anxiety and depression.
It’s not you, it’s your genes…
Those annoying types who can get up and go early in the morning? It may be down to a genetic variation.
A genetic variant that influences gait in horses is potentially good news for breeders – but also for those researching a way to fix human spine injuries.
Tests conducted on mice show psychiatric disorders may depend on our fathers’ experiences in their youth.
Blood and saliva samples from parents could predict thousands of genetic conditions in unborn babies.
Researchers say the discovery in the 2,200-year-old mummy is the second oldest known case of prostate cancer.
Modified seeds are touted as the answer to a growing global population – but they come with sinister consequences, writes Kevin Downey.
Samples obtained by drilling skeletons’ teeth show that the disease has changed little over 600 years.
WE’RE JUST OVER 10 days out from what has been called one of the most important US presidential elections ever.
The United States will vote on 3 November on whether to back four more years of a Donald Trump presidency or opt for Democratic nominee Joe Biden.
TheJournal.ie will have you covered on the night itself and throughout the following day as results pour in.
Today, we want to know: Will you stay up to watch the US election?
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Richard Nairns details some of what he discovered when he moved to Ned’s Wood in Co Wicklow.
Mainly cloudy, showers around; breezy
Max: 12 °C
Min: 7 °C
Winds subsiding with a couple of showers
Max: 12 °C
Min: 5 °C
Mostly cloudy, showers around; breezy
Max: 11 °C
Min: 6 °C
Insulting and outrageous: James Reilly slams Tony Humphreys autism comments
The Minister for Health has a 25-year-old autistic son Jamie.
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