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Issue #1018

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Image by Dr Christina Weis. © Christina Weis
Image by Dr Christina Weis. © Christina Weis
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7 October 2019 • 4 minutes read

Re TT and YY: when a 'Father' is a 'Mother'.

by Liam Davis

The High Court decided that a trans man could not be named as a 'father' on his child's birth certificate because he gave birth. Instead, he had to be named as the 'mother'...

News

Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
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Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
News
4 October 2019 • 2 minutes read

US twin birth rate lowest for a decade - better IVF may be reason

by Jennifer Frosch

The incidence of twin births in the USA has declined to the lowest rate in a decade, the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention reports...

Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
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Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
News
4 October 2019 • 2 minutes read

Fertility treatment is becoming safer says HFEA report

by Dr Laura Riggall

A new report from the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has shown that fertility treatment is becoming safer, with the standard of care improving across UK clinics...

Image by Bill Sanderson via the Wellcome Collection, © Wellcome Trust Ltd 1990. Depicts Laocoön and his family (from Greek and Roman mythology) entwined in coils of DNA.
Image by Bill Sanderson via the Wellcome Collection, © Wellcome Trust Ltd 1990. Depicts Laocoön and his family entwined in coils of DNA (based on the figure of Laocoön from Greek and Roman mythology).
News
4 October 2019 • 2 minutes read

Sperm donor sues clinic over alleged 'irresponsible' use of his sperm

by Georgia Everett

A doctor is suing a fertility clinic in Oregon, US, for being 'irresponsible' with the sperm he had donated...

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.
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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 sequencing output from an automated DNA sequencing machine.
News
4 October 2019 • 2 minutes read

Call for genetic testing for all women with breast cancer

by Dr Loredana Guglielmi

Multigene testing for all women diagnosed with breast cancer would save thousands of lives each year in the UK and USA, suggests new research...

Image by Dr Christina Weis. © Christina Weis
Image by Dr Christina Weis. © Christina Weis
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4 October 2019 • 2 minutes read

Indian surrogate's death raises concern over exploitation

by Suzi Denton

A pregnant surrogate has died at hospital in New Delhi, while a new surrogacy law awaits approval by the Indian Parliament...

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.
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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 sequencing output from an automated DNA sequencing machine.
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4 October 2019 • 2 minutes read

National Academy of Sciences pulls misleading genome editing video

by James Close

The National Academy of Sciences — an organisation partially funded by the US government — has removed a video about genome editing from the internet after it came under widespread condemnation from the academic community...

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Image by Dr Christina Weis. © Christina Weis
Image by Dr Christina Weis. © Christina Weis
Reviews
7 October 2019 • 2 minutes read

TV Review: Bump Pilot (RTE One)

by Fiona Duffy

RTE One recently ran a pilot for a new Irish comedy about surrogacy. The pilot, consisting of one episode is part of an RTE (Irish National Broadcaster) and Screen Ireland showcase initiative to support new and emerging Irish talent...

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