Changing the Human Genome: What Next for Germline Genome Editing?
PET's latest online event discussed the recently published reports from the World Health Organisation on human genome editing...
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The Special Status of Mary Warnock: From Fertility Treatment to Embryo Research
The latest online event held by the Progress Educational Trust (PET) was 'The Special Status of Mary Warnock: From Fertility Treatment to Embryo Research'...
IVF Success: What Makes Scotland Special?
The most recent event organised by PET highlighted the fantastic work that has taken place in Scotland for those in need of fertility treatment...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts equipment used for embryo biopsy.
More Trouble in Store?
On 9 July 2020, the Progress Educational Trust hosted its first online event. It explained and discussed the recent change to UK law in regard to the storage of embryos and gametes...
Image by Peter Artymiuk via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts the shadow of a DNA double helix, on a background that shows the fluorescent banding of the output from a DNA sequencing machine.
Event Review: Hacking Darwin - Genetic engineering and the future of humanity
Hacking Darwin: Genetic Engineering and the Future of Humanity, an event by London Futurists, was held online on 16 May...
Event Review: The Gene Gap — Who would you trust to edit the human race?
The Guardian Live's event entitled 'The Gene Gap: 'Who would you trust to edit the human race?', took place on 28 January 2020 at SamsungKX, London...
Review: Human Nature
Human Nature, directed by Adam Bolt is a documentary aimed at educating a wide audience about genome editing and the discovery and possible uses of CRISPR...
Testing times: how should we use genomic data in assisted reproduction
The Progress Educational Trust's event 'Testing Times: How Should We Use Genomic Data in Assisted Reproduction' took place at Amnesty International in London on the 16 May 2019. The event aimed to give members of the audience an insight into current uses
Event Review: A public dialogue on genomic medicine
The NHS is built around a social contract - an understanding that patients, the public, clinicians and government each have a part to play in saving lives and improving health. Where within this contract does the emerging practice of genomic medicine
Revolutionising reproduction: the future of fertility treatment
The Progress Educational Trust (PET) symposium event 'Revolutionising Reproduction: The Future of Fertility Treatment' took place at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh on the 19th March 2019...