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PETAbout UsPeopleBlair Sowry

Blair Sowry

I have been working as an embryologist in the UK for nine years, following working in New Zealand for two years and completing my training. I have now decided on a career change to the legal profession and recently completed my Graduate Diploma of Law

BioNews Articles by Blair Sowry

Image by Bill Sanderson via the Wellcome Collection, © Wellcome Trust Ltd 1990. Depicts Laocoön and his family (from Greek and Roman mythology) entwined in coils of DNA.
Image by Bill Sanderson via the Wellcome Collection, © Wellcome Trust Ltd 1990. Depicts Laocoön and his family entwined in coils of DNA (based on the figure of Laocoön from Greek and Roman mythology).
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29 April 2022 • 2 minutes read

$8.75m awarded in damages after doctor used his own sperm

by Blair Sowry

A Colorado-based jury has ordered a doctor who used his own sperm when treating a patient to pay $8.75m in damages, following a civil lawsuit...

Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
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Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
News
18 March 2022 • 2 minutes read

Study reports long delays for fertility treatment in Scotland

by Blair Sowry

COVID-19-related delays to fertility treatment for Scottish are among the longest in the world, a global study has claimed...

Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
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Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
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28 February 2022 • 5 minutes read

Fertility testing: the forgotten man

by Srividya Seshadri and 2 others

A heterosexual relationship is generally comprised of equally contributing male and female partners...

Image by Dr Christina Weis. © Christina Weis
Image by Dr Christina Weis. © Christina Weis
News
18 February 2022 • 2 minutes read

First baby born via surrogacy to same-sex couple in Northern Ireland

by Blair Sowry

A baby has been born via surrogate to a gay couple in Northern Ireland, with the entire process taking place in the country for the first time...

Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
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Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
News
1 October 2021 • 2 minutes read

Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes CCG to consult on reducing fertility services

by Blair Sowry

The Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Clinical Commissioning Group is to hold a public consultation regarding the provision of fertility treatment in the area...

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20 August 2021 • 1 minute read

Kerala rules on donor conception birth certificate requirement

by Blair Sowry

Requiring a sperm donor's name to be recorded on children's birth certificates may breach privacy laws, according to the High Court of Kerala in India...

Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
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Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
News
16 July 2021 • 2 minutes read

Embryos to be destroyed after sperm donor withdraws consent

by Blair Sowry

An Australian sperm donor has withdrawn his consent and insisted all embryos created with his sperm be destroyed...

Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
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Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
News
4 June 2021 • 2 minutes read

Cambridgeshire CCG to review IVF policy

by Blair Sowry

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group has announced it will be reviewing its 2017 decision to discontinue funding for IVF treatment...

Image by Dr Christina Weis. © Christina Weis
Image by Dr Christina Weis. © Christina Weis
News
30 April 2021 • 2 minutes read

Surrogacy couple win court costs after challenging hotel quarantine

by Blair Sowry

An Irish couple who challenged quarantine rules which could have prevented them returning home with their newborn baby, have been awarded legal costs by the High Court...

Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
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Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
News
26 March 2021 • 2 minutes read

Semen quality linked to environmental factors during mother's pregnancy

by Blair Sowry

Semen quality may be impacted in men whose mothers were exposed to certain chemicals whilst pregnant, a recent study has found...

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