Why limits to gamete donor use only work if they cross borders
A recent paper calls on the European Union to introduce an EU-wide limit on families created from a single donor's sperm. Professors Lucy Frith and Jackson Kirkman-Brown explain why...
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Consanguinity
When two individuals share genetic material as the result of them being descended from a common ancestor, e.g. first cousins.
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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.
Most comprehensive map of genomic variants in an Arab population
A new analysis offers the most comprehensive map of large scale genomic variants in the Qatari population...
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.
Expanded Carrier Screening: How Is It Used? What Are the Ethical Implications?
The first session of 'What Does Genomics Mean for Fertility Treatment?' – the 2025 Annual Conference of PET – explored the growing use of expanded carrier screening...
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.
Donor Conception and Genomics: Sperm, Eggs, Embryos, Mitochondria
The fifth session of 'What Does Genomics Mean for Fertility Treatment?' – the 2025 Annual Conference of PET – brought together clinical, scientific and ethical perspectives on the relationship between genomics and donor conception...
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.
Australia should (carefully) permit compensation for donors of surplus frozen eggs
Can the donation of unused frozen eggs help overcome the shortage of donor eggs in Australia, asks Dr Alexis Heng Boon Chin...
Quebec may introduce sperm donor registry
The Quebec government is considering the introduction of a registry for sperm, egg, and embryo donors, following the discovery of prolific sperm donors in the province...
Sperm donor matching app sidesteps UK regulation
A new app which allows sperm donors to seek private arrangements with intended parents, bypassing donor regulations, has become available in the UK...
Ethicists call for international limits on number of children per sperm donor
The four Nordic National Ethics Councils have called for cross-border regulations on the number of children that can be conceived per sperm or egg donor...
Dutch sperm donor may have fathered 102 children
A man is being investigated in the Netherlands after claims he fathered over 100 children through sperm donation...
Risk of birth defects from cousin marriage revealed by Bradford study
Marriage between first cousins could double the risk of any offspring having a birth defect, researchers say...