Podcast Review: The DNA of Things – When ethics meets power
Dr Jeremy Koenig, host of the DNA of Things podcast, speaks with Professor Insoo Hyun about how bioethics plays out in the real world, where the most logical argument doesn't always win...
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Image by Matthew Daniels via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human (HeLa) cell in telophase (chromatin stained blue, microtubules forming the spindle stained green, kinetochores stained pink).
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Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts equipment used for embryo biopsy.
Podcast Review: The Queer Family Podcast – Lesbian IVF journey
This Queer Family Podcast episode on lesbian IVF journeys, highlights both the emotional intensity of assisted reproduction and the broader social and ethical questions it raises...
Image by Peter Artymiuk via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts the shadow of a DNA double helix, on a background that shows the fluorescent banding of the output from a DNA sequencing machine.
Podcast Review: Centre for Personalised Medicine – Equity
What if personalised medicine – designed to be more precise – actually ends up being less fair, asks Dr Tsveti Stoilova...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
Radio Review: Sideways – Broody men
Sideways challenges the idea that only women get broody, using Simon Burrell’s story to reveal how men's longing for fatherhood is often suppressed by social norms...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts equipment used for embryo biopsy.
TV Review: Zembla – What are the consequences of the global trade in donor sperm?
Have you ever wondered what it means to have dozens of half-siblings across the world – or to never know where half of your genetic identity comes from? A recent episode of Zembla explores the human consequences of the global trade in donor sperm...
Image by K Hardy via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human embryo at the blastocyst stage (about six days after fertilisation) 'hatching' out of the zona pellucida.
Video Review: Dr Philip Ball in Conversation with Dr Naomi Moris
In this two-part conversation, Dr Philip Ball and Dr Naomi Moris explore the intersection of philosophy and developmental biology, discussing stem-cell-based embryo models and ethical questions raised by emerging research...
Radio Review: Woman's Hour – Going it alone
Going It Alone on BBC Woman's Hour explores single mother familes created through sperm donation. Eleanor Brown listened in...
Image by Sílvia Ferreira, Cristina Lopo and Eileen Gentleman via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a single human stem cell embedded within a porous hydrogel matrix (false colour).
Book Review: Disembodied Brains – Understanding our intuitions on neuro-chimaeras and human brain organoids
Professor John Evans explores public and expert views on human brain organoids and neural chimaeras. He highlights the tension between scientific promise and public unease, providing an essential guide for anyone working with these emerging technologies...
Event Review: Testing Embryos – How far should we go?
The first in a series of discussions on human reproduction from the Hastings Centre for Bioethics asks today's most pressing questions about embryo selection…
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
Podcast Review: Primary Care Knowledge Boost – Assisted conception
Dr Fitzgerald urges GPs to give frank advice on fertility, emphasising early referral, managing health, reducing stress, and the impact of female age. She stresses that women need full information to make informed choices, even when the news about subfertility is difficult...