The Scottish Government and NHS Scotland have launched their first campaign to encourage people to become sperm and egg donors...
Newly released guidance from the UK Competition and Markets Authority, would allow couples to initiate legal proceedings against IVF clinics that have falsely guaranteed their success rates...
A genetic variant that might provide some protection against severe COVID-19 disease has been identified in a new study led by researchers from Newcastle University...
A fertility patient received an invasive procedure meant for another woman in an NHS waiting room mix-up, a safety report has said...
The complex folds of the fallopian tube surface have been found to alter the behaviour of sperm...
Women who drink alcohol during the second half of their menstrual cycle lower their chances of conception, a new study has found...
The first trial over a California fertility clinic's cryogenic tank failure concluded by awarding $15 million to five plaintiffs...
Single French women and those in same-sex partnerships will be able to access IVF and other fertility treatments...
The genome editing capabilities of the CRISPR/Cas9 approach have created an enormous amount of excitement and an equal amount of concern within the scientific community. It is therefore unsurprising that this contentious form of biotechnology has entered the cultural zeitgeist and become a key topic of public interest...
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Egg donation has come home
by Dr Kamal Ahuja and 1 others
Among the highlights of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority's (HFEA) latest report on trends in fertility treatment is a continuing upturn in the number of egg donation cycles performed in the UK...
How many is too many in surrogacy? Who is thinking about the children?
by Dr Marilyn Crawshaw and 1 others
A recent report of a millionaire couple who had 20 babies through surrogacy makes for disturbing reading. It highlights what can happen in the absence of universally agreed, child-focused laws to regulate the growing world of surrogacy...