A gamete donor whose identity is not known to the recipient or to the resulting donor-conceived person.
Most gamete donors who donated before 1 April 2005 at licensed clinics in the UK are anonymous. Some anonymous donors have chosen to reregister as identifiable donors.
The scope of DNA and genetic testing can be an extremely complicated and difficult topic for the average person without a scientific degree to understand. It has become much more accessible since genomic sequencing became cheaper and genetic testing is now deployed in a wide range of health settings...
How would you feel not knowing your parents' real identity? How would you feel knowing your biological father could be a murderer? For some, these are not hypothetical scenarios, so they turn to DNA testing to find out their ancestry...
The largest study of its kind has found no difference in pregnancy rates between intrauterine insemination cycles using fresh or frozen sperm...
A Dutch fertility doctor has been found to be the genetic father of at least three patients conceived in his clinic...
There have been recent reports that the UK's assisted reproduction regulator, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, is considering changing the law surrounding donor anonymity, due to the growing use of consumer genetic testing...
A possible review of the law relating to donor anonymity has been proposed by HFEA chief executive Peter Thompson...
Dr Elpida Fragouli listened to this BBC podcast about a Texan woman who found out her genetic father was her mother's fertility doctor...
A Canadian fertility specialist, Dr Norman Barwin, has lost his medical licence for using the wrong sperm, including his own, to inseminate a number of IVF patients...
A Canadian man whose twin girls were born via gestational surrogacy in Kenya is currently unable to bring his children home due to Canadian citizenship laws...
A proposed bill in Indiana would make it a crime for a doctor to use his own sperm during fertility treatment without the patient's consent...
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