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Discrepancies between public opinion and real-world access to fertility services in the UK have been highlighted by a fertility and genomics survey commissioned by the Progress Education Trust...
Three quarters (75 percent) of sperm used in the UK is imported from overseas, despite British men's apparent willingness to donate...
North East London Clinical Commissioning Group is consulting on introducing a single fertility policy that will provide eligible patients three rounds of NHS-funded IVF, increasing access in some areas...
Ovarian ageing in mice has been shown to be reversible using compounds that target fibrosis and promote mitochondrial health..
A gene involved in the processing of lipids in the brain, has been found to be associated with motor neurone diseases (MNDs), a group of hereditary, neurodegenerative conditions...
A recent episode of Genetics Unzipped 'Have a heart: the science of xenotransplantation' talked about the process of transplanting organs from animals into human bodies...
'I walk around, and I could be related to anyone' says Jacoba Ballard, a donor-conceived adult, of her neighbourhood in Indianapolis...
The BBC's CrowdScience podcast calls on listeners to ask the scientific questions they've always wanted answered, from medicine, to the Earth and beyond. In the latest episode of the series, host Caroline Steel delves into the world of genome editing, from success stories in the clinic, to the pragmatic ethical concerns...
Olympic gold medallist Tom Daley discusses his experience of parenthood and the challenges he faced starting a family as a gay man...
Dr Elpida Fragouli listened to this BBC podcast about a Texan woman who found out her genetic father was her mother's fertility doctor...
BioNews, published by the Progress Educational Trust(PET), provides news and comment on genetics, assisted conception, embryo/stem cell research and related areas.
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All CommentThirty years of PET: our 'Fertility, Genomics and Embryo Research' report
by Sarah Norcross
PET turns 30 this year, but our story goes back further than that – at least as far back as the birth of Louise Brown in 1978, the world's first IVF baby...
Children's rights and donor conception: What next?
by Dr Katherine Wade
There have been recent reports that the UK's assisted reproduction regulator, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, is considering changing the law surrounding donor anonymity, due to the growing use of consumer genetic testing...
The problems with lifting donor anonymity earlier
by Dr Sue Avery
A possible review of the law relating to donor anonymity has been proposed by HFEA chief executive Peter Thompson...
An adaptive act: How should human fertilisation and embryology legislation respond to scientific and technological change?
by Julian Hitchcock
How responsive is the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act to the pace of social and technological change? In this comment, Julian Hitchcock contemplates revision of the Act, and how might we optimise its responsiveness to clinical need while upholding standards...
A new look for BioNews
by Sarah Norcross
Welcome to your new look BioNews. We hope you like it...