Sophie Ryall

BioNews Articles by Sophie Ryall

Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.

News

14 September 2026 • 3 minutes read

Egg freezing becoming more commonplace in women's sports

by Sophie Ryall

Chelsea Football Club will fund egg freezing and fertility treatment for its female players, becoming the first Women's Super League club to do so...

Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts equipment used for embryo biopsy.

News

3 August 2026 • 3 minutes read

North Dakota fertility doctor sued for secretly using own sperm in treatments

by Sophie Ryall

A fertility doctor is being sued for using his own sperm during artificial insemination procedures without the patient's knowledge or consent...

Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts equipment used for embryo biopsy.

News

22 June 2026 • 3 minutes read

New HFEA data: NHS funds only a quarter of IVF cycles in England

by Sophie Ryall

Only around a quarter of IVF cycles in England are funded by the NHS, new data from the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has shown...

Image by Bill McConkey via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts sperm swimming towards an egg.

News

13 April 2026 • 3 minutes read

UK families treated with wrong donor sperm in Northern Cyprus

by Sophie Ryall

Sperm and eggs from the wrong donors were used in IVF treatment for British families at clinics in Northern Cyprus...

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