Quebec may introduce sperm donor registry
The Quebec government is considering the introduction of a registry for sperm, egg, and embryo donors, following the discovery of prolific sperm donors in the province...
Georgia Canton
Georgia Canton is a Volunteer Writer at BioNews and works as an Embryologist at King's Fertility in London. She completed the NHS Scientific Training Programme in 2023, with her research project investigating the use of morphokinetic data to predict the likelihood of aneuploidy in embryos. She studied her MSc in Reproductive Medicine: Science and Ethics at the University of Kent and her BSc in Medical Genetics at the University of Leicester. She tweets as @GE_Everett
BioNews Articles by Georgia Canton
Details of Monash IVF mix-up review to be kept secret
The results of an independent review into errors at two branches of the same IVF company in Australia will remain confidential...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
Population survival – more than 2.1 children per family needed?
The human population may need at least 2.7 children per woman to avoid long-term extinction, according to a new study...
'Unwitting surrogate' sues IVF clinic after embryo transfer mix-up
A woman in the USA is suing her fertility clinic after discovering the wrong embryo had been transferred to her during fertility treatment...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
Steptoe clinic connected to use of lab technician's sperm
Two people conceived at IVF pioneer Dr Patrick Steptoe's clinic in the 1970s have discovered that a laboratory scientist is their biological father...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
Common sickle cell drug does not affect ovarian reserve
Hydroxyurea, a common sickle cell treatment has no significant effect on ovarian reserve...
Giving birth after fertility treatment linked to risk of hospital admission for heart disease
Women who give birth after fertility treatment face a 99 percent higher risk of being hospitalised for heart disease in the year after delivery, compared to those who conceive naturally...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
Smoking in teen boys leads to DNA damage in offspring
Specific epigenetic changes to the genomes of offspring have been linked to smoking by their fathers before the age of 15, a recent study across six countries showed...
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.
Henrietta Lacks' family settles out of court with Thermo Fisher
The family of Henrietta Lacks has reached a settlement with the biotechnology company that profited from her cells...
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.
Henrietta Lacks' estate sues Thermo Fisher over HeLa cell profits
The family of Henrietta Lacks is suing biotechnology company Thermo Fisher for profiting from cells taken without her consent...