World's first successful pig-to-human kidney transplant
A genetically engineered pig kidney has been successfully transplanted into a human recipient for the first time...
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A genetically engineered pig kidney has been successfully transplanted into a human recipient for the first time...
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has recommended that the compensation given to UK sperm and egg donors is raised for the first time in over a decade...
Structural changes in a specific protein triggers egg coat hardening after fertilisation, research shows...
Michigan legislators are taking steps to protect IVF and overturn a ban on commercial surrogacy...
Epigenetic changes in the DNA of cheek cells have been linked to the use of e-cigarettes...
The BBC's decision to focus on the way that private clinics promote egg freezing to prospective customers, highlighted many of the challenges women face…
As stem-cell-based embryo models (SCBEMs) become increasingly complex, they also raise big questions – how do we define a human embryo, and what limits should be placed on SCBEM research?...
Heralding the technology behind SCBEMs as 'one of the 21st century's most dramatic scientific developments', Professor Emily Jackson's lecture was packed with fascinating legal and ethical commentary...
by Rebecca Robb
This ELSI Friday Forum focused on polygenic risk scores: an assessment and prediction of an individual's risk with regards to certain genetic traits or illnesses based on their phenotype...
The Guardian asked the question, 'Why are there so few Black sperm donors in the USA?' and turned to Angela Stepancic, a Black woman who recently navigated her way through the complex fertility system in the USA to help answer this question and many others...
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All CommentThe ethics of preimplantation genetic testing using polygenic scores
by Dr Helena Carley and 4 others
Academics from Oxford University discuss the ethics surrounding preimplantation genetic screening tests, including the use of polygenic risk scores...
Regulation needs to acknowledge that donor siblings connect before 18
by Dr Grace Halden and 1 others
Direct-to-consumer 'matching' websites and social media platforms are enabling parents of donor-conceived people to discover donor siblings outside of the regulatory framework, with potential implications say Grace Halden and Hayley King…
PET Podcast: Welfare of the Fertility Patient – Spotting Signs and Treatment after Trauma
by Sarah Norcross
Bringing you PET events as a podcast. In the 16th episode of its podcast, PET looks at how best to understand and address welfare issues in the context of fertility treatment, with Professor Abha Maheshwari, Nicole McKeith, Dr Susheel Vani and Ruth Phillips...
Welfare of the Fertility Patient: Spotting Signs and Treatment after Trauma
by Ochuko Oyeye
This PET event looked at the ways that trauma can affect a patient's experience of treatment, and explored the ways that professionals who work with them can handle this...
Redefining remembrance: Posthumous sperm retrieval in Israel after 7 October
by Roee Amir and 1 others
The latest war in Israel has seen debate sparked over whose desires and interests take precedent when determining whether to proceed with posthumous sperm retrieval…