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PETAbout UsPeopleRuth Retassie

Ruth Retassie

Ruth Retassie is a Volunteer Writer at BioNews. She currently works in behavioural health. She has an MA in the History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine from Durham University, She has also interned in bioethics with Yale University's Interdisciplinary Centre for Bioethics and the University of Pittsburgh's Consortium Ethics Programme.

BioNews Articles by Ruth Retassie

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.
Image by Bill Sanderson via the Wellcome Collection, © Wellcome Trust Ltd 1990. Depicts Laocoön and his family entwined in coils of DNA (based on the figure of Laocoön from Greek and Roman mythology).
News
8 April 2022 • 2 minutes read

Woman terminates pregnancy after embryo mix-up

by Ruth Retassie

A Massachusetts woman decided to terminate her pregnancy conceived via IVF last year after discovering the embryo transferred was not one genetically related to her...

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.
Image by Bill Sanderson via the Wellcome Collection, © Wellcome Trust Ltd 1990. Depicts Laocoön and his family entwined in coils of DNA (based on the figure of Laocoön from Greek and Roman mythology).
News
11 February 2022 • 1 minute read

Vermont doctor's licence revoked after he used his own sperm on patients

by Ruth Retassie

A retired doctor's medical licence has been permanently revoked after he was accused of using his own sperm in two artificial insemination procedures in the 1970s...

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.
Image by Bill Sanderson via the Wellcome Collection, © Wellcome Trust Ltd 1990. Depicts Laocoön and his family entwined in coils of DNA (based on the figure of Laocoön from Greek and Roman mythology).
News
7 January 2022 • 2 minutes read

Unvaccinated women denied fertility treatment in Scotland

by Ruth Retassie

Some patients in Scotland have had their treatment delayed because they are not fully vaccinated against COVID-19...

Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
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Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
News
26 November 2021 • 2 minutes read

PGT-A did not improve live birth rate in clinic trial

by Ruth Retassie

A recent study found that preimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidy may not improve live birth rate...

Image by Dr Christina Weis. © Christina Weis
Image by Dr Christina Weis. © Christina Weis
News
22 October 2021 • 1 minute read

Namibian citizenship granted to child born via surrogacy to gay couple

by Ruth Retassie

The Namibian High Court has granted citizenship to the child of a same-sex couple born via surrogacy...

Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
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Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
News
17 September 2021 • 2 minutes read

Patient sues gynaecologist who used his own sperm in her mother's treatment

by Ruth Retassie

A woman who discovered that her gynaecologist was her biological father has filed a lawsuit against him for fraud and malpractice...

Image by Sílvia Ferreira, Cristina Lopo and Eileen Gentleman via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a single human stem cell embedded within a porous hydrogel matrix (false colour).
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Image by Sílvia Ferreira, Cristina Lopo and Eileen Gentleman via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a single human stem cell embedded within a porous hydrogel matrix (false-coloured cryogenic scanning electron micrograph).
News
16 July 2021 • 2 minutes read

Mouse eggs made from mouse stem cells matured in vitro

by Ruth Retassie

An in vitro gametogenesis (IVG) breakthrough has been achieved as mouse stem cells have been used to create egg cells that have successfully developed into live mice when used in IVF...

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.
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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 sequencing output from an automated DNA sequencing machine.
Reviews
30 October 2020 • 3 minutes read

Podcast Review: The Past, Present and Future of the Human Genome Project

by Ruth Retassie

This episode of the series showcased the history of the Human Genome Project in a way that was accessible for the general public, while also being specific and detailed enough to be interesting to science-savvy listeners...

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.
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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 sequencing output from an automated DNA sequencing machine.
News
1 March 2019 • 1 minute read

Genetic link to 'happy marriage' discovered

by Ruth Retassie

US researchers have identified a genetic association with feelings of happiness and security within a marriage...

Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
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Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
News
4 January 2019 • 1 minute read

Irish government to set aside funds for IVF treatment

by Ruth Retassie

The Irish government has said that it will dedicate funding to couples needing IVF and assisted reproduction treatments...

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