# genetics - Wednesday 18 August, 2021
# Selling Our Genes
# Selling Our Genes
The Ireland Strategic Investment Fund had invested €66m in the private genetics company acquired in a deal announced yesterday.
# genetics - Sunday 4 October, 2020
# Selling Our Genes
# Selling Our Genes
Hospitals and universities across Ireland are collaborating with Genuity Science due to, experts say, lack of a public project or strategy.
# Selling Our Genes
# Selling Our Genes
Expert familiar with such agreements cited issues with data access, exclusivity and intellectual property.
# Noteworthy.ie
# Noteworthy.ie
Ireland still has a chance to take control of genomics research – if it follows this advice.
# genetics - Friday 12 June, 2020
# Selling Our Genes
# Selling Our Genes
Concerns were raised in the Dáil because “public awareness of this significant proposal is very limited”.
# genetics - Wednesday 29 April, 2020
# Consent Process
# Consent Process
Researchers are worried that affected patients and families will not see notices for commercially linked study.
# genetics - Saturday 7 March, 2020
# Selling Our Genes
# Selling Our Genes
Solicitor Simon McGarr also explains how Genomics Medicine Ireland did not meet the informed consent requirements for a Galway study.
# genetics - Sunday 16 February, 2020
# Selling Our Genes
# Selling Our Genes
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.
# genetics - Thursday 29 August, 2019
# Genetics
# Genetics
Many genetic variants play a role in same-sex attraction, according to a new scientific study.
# genetics - Thursday 7 June, 2018
# Iron Man
# Iron Man
Today is National Haemochromatosis Awareness Day as part of World Haemochromatosis Week
# genetics - Friday 2 February, 2018
# Genetics
# Genetics
The technique is being used to help prevent women passing on fatal genetic diseases to their children.
# genetics - Sunday 17 December, 2017
# Who Are We Really?
# Who Are We Really?
A new study has given new insights into where our ancestry lies.
# genetics - Thursday 3 August, 2017
# Breakthrough
# Breakthrough
Just over 72% of the embryos ended up being free of a heart disease-causing mutation.
# genetics - Thursday 9 February, 2017
# Misconceptions
# Misconceptions
The research comes as the Irish State is expected to formally recognise Travellers as an ethnic group.
# genetics - Thursday 19 January, 2017
# Sma1
# Sma1
Last night, the HSE approved a programme that could save the lives of two baby girls.
# genetics - Saturday 7 January, 2017
# SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY
# SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY
Nellie and Lara are the only two children in Ireland with Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 1 – an extremely rare genetic condition.
# genetics - Saturday 15 October, 2016
# genetics - Tuesday 29 December, 2015
# Brown Eyed Girl
# Brown Eyed Girl
The DNA of two sets of remains have been analysed for the first time.
# genetics - Saturday 3 October, 2015
# Ethics
# Ethics
However, it’s not yet known how their health will be impacted by the process.
# genetics - Sunday 7 June, 2015
# Cheer Up!
# Cheer Up!
Just blame it on those bad genes.
# genetics - Wednesday 25 February, 2015
# Test Tube
# Test Tube
UK politicians have approved an IVF method that uses DNA from three donors.
# genetics - Monday 9 February, 2015
# Medical Miracle
# Medical Miracle
Her doctor said this is akin to a man delivering twins as the woman did not undergo puberty and has never had a period.
# genetics - Friday 7 November, 2014
# Reproduction
# Reproduction
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.
# Genetics
# Genetics
The family in this case has said it is “very disappointed but every hopeful”.
# genetics - Monday 13 October, 2014
# Hey Big Spender
# Hey Big Spender
The Irish genetics firm has been sold to a multi-billion dollar US medical-technology company for a secret sum.
# genetics - Monday 5 May, 2014
# Speed Gene
From The42
# Speed Gene
A short film on Dr Emmeline Hill, the UCD geneticist who discovered the “speed gene” in horses.
# genetics - Saturday 26 April, 2014
# Science Soapbox
# Science Soapbox
A free event happening in Dublin today aims to get more girls and young women interested in the field.
# genetics - Sunday 19 January, 2014
# Genetics
# Genetics
One in 25 people is a carrier for Alpha-1 deficiency, but it remains somewhat of a hidden disease.
# genetics - Saturday 28 December, 2013
# Book Review
From The42
# Book Review
David Epstein’s work addresses the nature v nurture debate in the most balanced manner we have come across.
# genetics - Monday 28 October, 2013
# True Or False
# True Or False
Someday in the future, that pesky MC1R could be a thing of the past, if this myth is to be believed.
# genetics - Friday 28 June, 2013
# Your Say
# Your Say
The UK has given it a green light. What do you think of the scientific breakthrough?
# genetics - Wednesday 12 June, 2013
# Stress
# Stress
However a study also said that a reduced reactivity to stress can lead to diseases such as anxiety and depression.
# genetics - Saturday 13 April, 2013
# genetics - Sunday 25 November, 2012
# Early Bird
# Early Bird
Those annoying types who can get up and go early in the morning? It may be down to a genetic variation.
# genetics - Wednesday 29 August, 2012
# DNA
# DNA
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.
# genetics - Wednesday 22 August, 2012
# Anxiety
# Anxiety
Tests conducted on mice show psychiatric disorders may depend on our fathers’ experiences in their youth.
# genetics - Thursday 7 June, 2012
# Genetics
# Genetics
Blood and saliva samples from parents could predict thousands of genetic conditions in unborn babies.
# genetics - Tuesday 14 February, 2012
# Autism
# Autism
The Minister for Health has a 25-year-old autistic son Jamie.
# genetics - Sunday 29 January, 2012
# Family History
# Family History
Researchers say the discovery in the 2,200-year-old mummy is the second oldest known case of prostate cancer.
# genetics - Monday 17 October, 2011
# Opinion
# Opinion
Modified seeds are touted as the answer to a growing global population – but they come with sinister consequences, writes Kevin Downey.
