Last month the HFEA said that it is considering, as part of a review of the HFE Act, whether to recommend removing the age restrictions (currently 18) at which donor-conceived people can access identifying information about their donor...
Later this month, PET – the charity that publishes BioNews – will be celebrating a very special occasion in partnership with Genomics England. 20 July 2022 will be the 200th birthday of genetics pioneer Gregor Mendel (1822-1884)...
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...
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...
A possible review of the law relating to donor anonymity has been proposed by HFEA chief executive Peter Thompson...
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...
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The question of what is a 'permitted embryo' under the legislation governing assisted reproduction in the UK has received increasing scrutiny as technological progress challenges the concept of embryohood...
As 2023 approaches, the effects of the law mandating identifiable donation on those who are donor conceived are the subject of renewed debate...
The EDNA study which looked at the social, political, economic and moral constitution of egg donation in Europe, ended recently, after 4.5 years of research...
