Is IVF good value for money?
A new study looking at the economic costs and consequences of assisted reproductive technology (ART) has concluded that governments reap long-term economic benefits from funding ART services...
Seil Collins was previously a Volunteer Writer at BioNews, and works at the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology. Previously, she studied Chemistry at the University of Leeds and went on to obtain an MSc in Science Communication from Imperial College London. She has also worked at the Royal National Institute of Blind People, and has interned at the Science Media Centre and at the Science Museum's Dana Centre.
by Seil Collins
A new study looking at the economic costs and consequences of assisted reproductive technology (ART) has concluded that governments reap long-term economic benefits from funding ART services...
by Seil Collins
Dr Wesley Whitten, whose pioneering work in the field of reproductive physiology, which made the study of pre-implantation embryos possible, passed away on 24th May 2010....
by Seil Collins
The number of reported mistakes at IVF centres in England and Wales has doubled over one year, rising from 182 in 2007/08 to 334 in 2008/09. Incidents range from technical failures to serious mix-ups. Cases where embryos have been lost, implanted into the wrong patient, or fertilised with the wrong sperm have all been reported....
by Seil Collins
By genetically engineering fruit flies, researchers from Syracuse University in the US have been able to track the fate of live sperm cells between insemination and fertilisation....
by Seil Collins
Scientists have catalogued the genes of microbes living in our gut, information that could be crucial in assessing the impact of microbes on our health. The study, published in Nature, reports the sequencing of 3.3 million microbial genes, a gene set 150 times larger than the human genome....
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