The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has recommended that the law should be changed to extend the 14-day limit on human embryo research...
A novel way to control CRISPR genome editing using focused ultrasound has been discovered...
Thirteen Filipino surrogates have been convicted of human trafficking in Cambodia...
How ageing induces iron insufficiency, reduces stem cell renewal and tumour formation has been discovered...
State funded IVF treatment is now available to Danish women wanting a second child...
This BBC Radio 5 Live News Special features the story of Prue Craven, Australia's third recipient of a uterus transplant. Burleen Chhatwa was eager to learn more about this surgery and its implications...
This latest book on egg freezing fails to consider the global context that women are operating in, argues Dr Kylie Baldwin...
The first two episodes of BBC Radio 4's 'The Gift' shares with its listeners an almost unbelievable story of what really happens when babies are swapped at birth...
The story of IVF, from its early years in the 1960s to the birth in 1978 of Louise Brown, is depicted in this biographical drama, reviewed by former IVF patient Susan Tranfield-Thomas...
A book that aims to describe the legal challenges of transnational surrogacy arrangements misses some crucial points, writes Dr Zaina Mahmoud...
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by Dr Jane Stewart
The first session of the PET 2024 Annual Conference 'What Is the Embryo's Special Status in the Clinic?' offered clinical perspectives on the human embryo....
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by Jen Willows
The second session of the PET 2024 Annual Conference 'What Is the Embryo's Special Status in the Lab?' focused on the opportunities and challenges presented by using human embryos in research...
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by Dr Jonathan Romain
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by Dr Sivan Tamir and 1 others
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