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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.
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 sequencing output from an automated DNA sequencing machine.
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15 January 2010 • 3 minutes read

Preventing cross-border fertility treatment  raises legal as well as practical concerns

by Diane Blood

A recent report from the Human Genetics Commission (HGC) - the UK government's advisory body on genetics - 'Making Babies: Reproductive decisions and genetic technologies' is the latest in a string of reports designed to help the UK form new legislation on assisted reproduction. I was deeply concerned to read of this...

Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts equipment used for embryo biopsy.
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts equipment used for embryo biopsy.
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18 June 2009 • 3 minutes read

Widow receives judgment in case similar to mine

by Diane Blood

This past week there have been reports of a case similar to the court case I won against the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) in 1997 (1,2,3). A woman was unexpectedly widowed when her husband underwent a routine minor operation in June 2007. Six days before that the couple...

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