Twelve locations in the human genome have been linked with differences in reproductive behaviour...
Zika virus causes permanent damage to the testes of male mice, reducing sperm count and sex hormone levels, according to a study...
A Canadian fertility doctor is facing a class action lawsuit by the families of some of his former patients, who allege that he used his own sperm in donor-conception procedures without their knowledge or consent...
The Cambodian Health Minster Mam Bunheng has published a directive appearing to ban all forms of surrogacy in the country...
For the first time scientists have quantified the number of mutations caused by the number of cigarettes smoked in a lifetime...
Children with autism spectrum disorder have twice as many harmful mutations in their mitochondrial DNA as their siblings, a study has found...
A more accurate and safer prenatal test for Down's, Edwards' and Patau's syndromes is to be offered by the NHS from 2018, it has been announced...
A surrogate has refused to give her consent for the parents of twins to become the children's legal parents, even though she and her husband are not seeking any active involvement in the children's upbringing...
Dr John Parrington thinks the ethics of genome editing should be shaped by scientifically informed public debate, and he hopes his book will provide a starting point...
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Does gamete donation need an overhaul?
by Anthony Bagshawe
The closure of the National Sperm Bank is disappointing, but we must now ask how we can change the gamete-donation process to make it easier to attract sufficient numbers of donors...
Old drugs: new eggs?
by Bethany Muller and 1 others
Ten years ago, the claim that treatment with cancer drugs can 'grow new eggs' would have been met with incredulity. But a recent study has raised the possibility that ovarian stem cells may be capable of providing new eggs in later life...