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In the prestigious research journal 'Nature', researchers Dr Nicolas Rivron, Professor Martin Pera and colleagues, including Associate Professor Megan Munsie, urge that international discussion about the ethical considerations must guide this research.

Collaborative research from the University of Melbourne and University of Glasgow has comprehensively analysed the differences between the childhood and adult forms of acute myeloid leukaemia, demonstrating that the childhood form is biologically different to the adult.

3D modelling of a child’s kidney cells led by MCRI researchers is another step towards precision medicine.

Professor James Bourne and his team have demonstrated that the pulvinar region in the nonhuman primate brain is more similar to human’s than previously predicted.

It has been reported today that Chinese scientists have performed gene editing of human embryos as a part of in vitro fertilization (IVF). The embryos were then transplanted in the mother, resulting in the birth of two babies. The claim is unverified, was not subject to scientific scrutiny and has triggered condemnation from the Chinese scientific community for proceeding with such unproven experimentation without appropriate ethical approval.