Donor Conception and Genetic Disease: Lessons to Be Learned from Donor 7069
Seven experts discussed the sensitive case of donor 7069 and explored what could be done to avoid it happening again, as well as how to improve outcomes if it did...
Éilis Mathur
BA Student in German and Linguistics
Éilis Mathur is a Volunteer Writer for BioNews. She is in her third year of a BA in German and Linguistics at the University of Oxford. Currently, she is on her year abroad studying law at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. She has written for student publications and has a keen interest in science.
BioNews Articles by Éilis Mathur
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
Podcast Review: Selling Misleading Fertility Hope
Kayleen Devlin investigates the fertility supplement industry, examining claims made online and the limited scientific evidence behind them...
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.
Donor Conception and Genomics: Sperm, Eggs, Embryos, Mitochondria
The fifth session of 'What Does Genomics Mean for Fertility Treatment?' – the 2025 Annual Conference of PET – brought together clinical, scientific and ethical perspectives on the relationship between genomics and donor conception...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
Book Review: Taming Egg Donors – The egg donation reproductive market in Spain
In this book, social anthropologist Dr Anna Molas presents her findings on egg donors in Spain, one of the most prominent fertility markets in the world...
Book Review: Elusive Mommyhood – An Investigative Reporter's Personal Journey into IVF and Surrogacy
'Elusive Mommyhood: An investigative reporter's personal journey into IVF and surrogacy' is not just a manual to surrogacy, but a story of Ginanne Brownell – her experience with infertility and how she changed the law...
Podcast Review: The Human Egg Trade
Host Sarah Holder shares three unique and varied stories from all sectors, stages, and spheres of the fertility world...
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.
Podcast Review: The Gift – Switched
The first two episodes of BBC Radio 4's 'The Gift' shares with its listeners an almost unbelievable story of what really happens when babies are swapped at birth...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts equipment used for embryo biopsy.
Podcast Review: Prognosis – Misconception
This podcast from Bloomberg’s Prognosis shines a light on the emotions that are brought up when a deeply intimate corner of medicine collides with business…
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts equipment used for embryo biopsy.
TV Review: The Man with 1000 Kids
A chilling story of a man who is purported to have fathered up to 1000 children through sperm donation...