Russia to ban use of surrogates by foreigners
A ban on commercial surrogacy in Russia for foreigners is expected to come into effect in early December 2022...
Science Editor
Hannah Flynn is Science Editor at BioNews and at the charity that publishes it, the Progress Educational Trust (PET). She also works for Medical News Today as a fact checker, and for the NHS campaign Keep Our NHS Public. Together with her fellow BioNews editors Dr Joanne Delange and Jen Willows, she runs the BioNews writing scheme, which provides practical science writing training and experience for PhD students.
Hannah has been a health journalist for a decade and has worked as a reporter for Chemist+Druggist and the Nursing Standard, covering policy and clinical news. Bylines include various trade publications as well as Vice, Ars Technica, TES and the Guardian. She has also worked with charities and non-profit organisations including the Royal National Institute of Blind People, the Children's Society, the Institute of Physics and the National Council for Voluntary Organisations. She originally studied Biology at the University of Manchester, and went on to study journalism at Cardiff University.
by Hannah Flynn
A ban on commercial surrogacy in Russia for foreigners is expected to come into effect in early December 2022...
by Hannah Flynn
BMI is not associated with pregnancy rates following transfer of non-aneuploid frozen embryos, according to research presented at the American Society for Reproductive Medicine's 2022 scientific congress...
by Hannah Flynn
The growing relevance of genomics in midwifery led the NHS North West Genomic Medicine Service Alliance to hold a webinar on the subject...
by Hannah Flynn
Treatment has been suspended at a fertility clinic in Israel after it was discovered a woman pregnant following treatment there, is carrying a fetus neither she or her partner is genetically related to...
by Hannah Flynn
Embryos containing donated mitochondria, created via a method intended to avoid the transmission of mitochondrial disease, seem similar to those created via IVF with ICSI...
by Hannah Flynn
The Government has unveiled plans to allow female same-sex couples to access six rounds of insemination, ahead of IVF, on the NHS...
by Hannah Flynn
North East London Clinical Commissioning Group is consulting on introducing a single fertility policy that will provide eligible patients three rounds of NHS-funded IVF, increasing access in some areas...
by Hannah Flynn
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority is considering ways gamete donor anonymity laws could be changed, as the advent of straight-to-consumer genetic testing has 'thrown into question' the assumption of anonymity...
by Hannah Flynn
While viruses and vaccines are not typical topics for a genetics and assisted reproduction newsletter, the past two years have seen a shift in BioNews coverage to include various COVID-19-related developments...
by Hannah Flynn
Over $5 million has been awarded in compensatory and punitive damages to a woman in the USA, whose doctor inseminated her with his own sperm...
BioNews, published by the Progress Educational Trust (PET), provides news and comment on genetics, assisted conception, embryo/stem cell research and related areas.