Dr Thomas Hopkins is is a Volunteer Writer at BioNews, and is currently a postdoctoral researcher at King's College London looking at the mechanistic role of the LH receptor in vivo. He studied for his PhD at Imperial College London looking at the mechanical and extracellular matrix properties of the mouse ovary. Prior to this he studied for an MSc in Reproductive and Developmental Biology at Imperial College London and a BSc at the University of Birmingham.
A new mRNA-based therapy has restored fertility in mice that were unable to produce sperm...
Women who conceive using assisted reproductive technologies may have a higher risk of maternal complications, according to new research...
In a world first, doctors in Belgium have transplanted testicular tissue into an adult man after it was frozen prior to chemotherapy 16 years ago when he was a child...
The Delhi High Court has granted a couple access to their son's sperm for posthumous conception through surrogacy...
Women with premature ovarian insufficiency, or 'premature menopause', are two to three times more likely to develop severe autoimmune diseases during their lifetime...
How many families should be created using gametes from a single donor? And how useful are national limits when sperm is imported and exported?...
Men with inflammatory joint diseases, such as arthritis, are less likely to be childless and tend to have more children compared to their healthy counterparts...
Understanding the critical connection between mental health and the journey to parenthood is paramount in order to support people throughout their fertility treatment and parenthood journey...
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