First baby conceived from screened egg is born
A new egg screening technique has been used to help a 41-year old woman give birth to a baby boy after 13 failed IVF attempts and three miscarriages...
Sarah Pritchard is a Volunteer Writer at BioNews. She began writing for PET while studying for a Masters in Medical Law and Ethics at Kings College London where her thesis looked at the 'right' to have children in the context of limited NHS resources. Sarah’s interest in reproductive technologies and the ethical implications of fertility treatment began while studying English and Philosophy at the University of York, specifically during the Bioethics module. Sarah has been a communications advisor for the Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand and a news writer for MedWire News. Sarah also led a digital communications team at her local NHS Trust for six years. At the end of 2023, Sarah moved back to New Zealand, where she now works again as a news writer for MedWire, doula and infant massage instructor.
A new egg screening technique has been used to help a 41-year old woman give birth to a baby boy after 13 failed IVF attempts and three miscarriages...
A fertility clinic in the USA has revealed that it provides sex selection to many British couples who pay large amounts of money to travel and receive the service....
A Tunisian woman in her 30s who earlier this month claimed to be pregnant with 12 babies, has been exposed by the country's health ministry as a fraud. The woman, from the town of Gafsa told hospital workers that she was expecting six boys and six girls....
A paper published in the journal Stem Cells and Development announcing the creation of human sperm cells from embryonic stem cells has been withdrawn because it contains plagiarised material....
A venture-backed US start-up company ‘Pathway Genomics' announced its launch last week, and is promising to provide the most comprehensive DNA analysis publicly available; for the lowest price....
An international team of researchers based in the US and the UK have identified ‘genetic warning signs', or variants in genetic code which could be used to indicate a persons likelihood of developing glioma, the commonest form of brain tumour in the UK....
The results of a new study into cross-border fertility treatment in Europe indicate that every year, thousands of women from Britain are travelling abroad to access treatment which is unavailable to them at home....
A new Canadian film, 'The Baby Formula', has rekindled debate over the scientific possibility of women being able to one day produce children without the need for a man, using sperm derived from their own stem cells....
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) has issued its clearest advice yet to would-be mothers urging them to begin, and try to complete their families between the ages of 20 and 35 during their 'most fertile' years in order to avoid 'regrets'....
Two separate online petitions are calling for a change to the way IVF services are provided under the UK's National Health Service (NHS). Janine Macallister, 27, of Newport, Shropshire and Richard Mackenzie, 29, from Whitney, Oxfordshire have each started a petition calling for their local Primary Care...
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