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The principle of acting in the interest of others. In the context of gamete donation, this means the donor does not expect to receive a reward, financial or otherwise.

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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).

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10 February 2025 • 6 minutes read

Easing restrictions: Swiss Federal Council announces a comprehensive reform of the Reproductive Medicine Act

by Professor Alice Margaria and 1 others

Proposed legal reforms aim to respond to changes in reproductive medicine and social realities...

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27 January 2020 • 4 minutes read

Donor-conceived and surrogacy-born children's rights in the age of biotechnology

by Professor Sonia Allan and 2 others

As we enter 2020 and countries continue to grapple with the issues raised by donor-conception and surrogacy, reflection on recent 'consultations' and 'reviews' by government, not-for-profit and United Nations (UN) organisations around the world reveal that meaningful inclusion of the voices of people born as a result of such practices is often lacking...

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Easing restrictions: Swiss Federal Council announces a comprehensive reform of the Reproductive Medicine Act

Donor-conceived and surrogacy-born children's rights in the age of biotechnology

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