Croatia plans to import gametes to tackle shortage
Croatia has announced plans to import eggs and sperm from the EU, as it does not have enough donors to meet demand...
Jen Willows
Former BioNews Legal Editor
Jen Willows is a Volunteer Writer at BioNews, and was previously the Legal Editor at BioNews and Projects Officer at the charity that publishes it, PET (the Progress Educational Trust). Jen originally studied Biology and Microbiology at Imperial College London, and went on to obtain an LLB in Law from Birkbeck University of London and an MA in Medical Ethics and Law from King's College London. She then started working at PET as a volunteer, before joining the staff. She loves tea, dogs, and living in London.
BioNews Articles by Jen Willows
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.
Genetic variants linked to fertility identified
The number of children a person has may be influenced by their genome, according to an international study...
Ireland may grant legal parenthood to those using overseas surrogacy
The Irish government has unveiled plans to recognise the legal parents of children born through overseas surrogacy...
Event Review: Getting Genetic Ancestry Right for Science and Society
If you are a regular BioNews reader you will have seen that many times we report on exciting findings from genomic studies, only to caveat them with something like 'the data used in this study was all from people of European ancestry, meaning that the results may be less applicable to people from other ethnic backgrounds'...
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.
Genetic risk considered in diagnosis of prostate cancer
Polygenic risk scores could help GPs to decide which patients to refer for prostate biopsies...
No difference between fresh and frozen sperm for IUI
The largest study of its kind has found no difference in pregnancy rates between intrauterine insemination cycles using fresh or frozen sperm...
Frozen embryo transfers linked to high blood pressure in pregnancy
Pregnancies resulting from frozen embryo transfers are at greater risk of complications related to high blood pressure, according to new research...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
Anorexia in pregnancy linked to increased risk of complications
Pregnant women with the eating disorder anorexia nervosa are at much higher risk of premature birth, delivering underweight babies and other complications...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
Pregnancy after breast cancer treatment does not increase risk of recurrence
Women who have children after having breast cancer are not risking their survival, a new study has shown...
Shorter IVF protocol reduces risk of OHSS
A large-scale study comparing two protocols for stimulating the ovaries in IVF has found that one has a lower risk of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome, a potentially serious complication of IVF treatment...
