Trans men retain fertility one year after testosterone treatment
The ovarian function of transgender men was preserved after one year of testosterone therapy, a small study has found...
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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 output from a DNA sequencing machine.
Woman with rare genes feels no pain
Two rare gene variants have been discovered in a Scottish woman who lives a virtually pain-free life...
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.
Italian IVF clinic violated woman's human rights by forcing pregnancy
Italy violated a woman's right to health after the country's fertility laws led to a forced pregnancy, the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights reported on Wednesday...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
Low oxygen in womb may harm fertility of future daughters
Exposure to low levels of oxygen in the womb may cause fertility problems for female offspring later in life...
Indian court will hear destroyed embryo case 'academically'
The Bombay High Court in Mumbai will continue to hear the application of a deceased man's family for permission to use his frozen embryos, even though they were destroyed per his wife's wishes.
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Egg-sharing: as relevant in oocyte freezing today as in IVF two decades ago
by Dr Kamal Ahuja
A sociologist quoted by the Daily Mail has claimed that an egg-sharing scheme offered by our own and other fertility clinics 'sounds like bribing women to freeze their eggs'. Such schemes, said the University of Buckingham sociologist, seemed no more than
Why we need Siobhain McDonagh's bill to amend the HFE Act
by Eleanor Harrison
For the last few months I have been involved with Siobhain's parliamentary push to protect the welfare of women in IVF law...
FILM: From the archive - Baroness Mary Warnock talks to the Progress Educational Trust
by BioNews
Following the recent death of Baroness Mary Warnock (Patron of the Progress Educational Trust, which publishes BioNews) we present this film of Mary from our archives...