Obituary: Professor Sonia Allan
'What a woman': Professor Sonia Allen's work in psychology, health and law, centred people born through donor conception and surrogacy. She is remembered by her friend and peer, Dr Marilyn Crawshaw...
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DCP (Donor Conceived Person/People)
A person conceived through gamete provision.
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Belgium strengthens oversight after sperm donor family limits breached
New regulations in sperm donation are being implemented by Belgium's Federal Agency for Medicines and Health Products, following revelations regarding the use of sperm carrying a cancer-causing mutation, and widespread breaches of donor limits...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts equipment used for embryo biopsy.
TV Review: Zembla – What are the consequences of the global trade in donor sperm?
Have you ever wondered what it means to have dozens of half-siblings across the world – or to never know where half of your genetic identity comes from? A recent episode of Zembla explores the human consequences of the global trade in donor sperm...
Quebec court bans father and son from donating more sperm
A father-and-son duo has been barred by the Superior Court of Quebec in Canada from making or offering any further sperm donations...
Belgium to remove compulsory donor anonymity
Belgium's federal cabinet has approved plans to allow future donor-conceived children to know the identity of their sperm donor...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts equipment used for embryo biopsy.
Understanding Egg Donation: The Give and Take
This event from PET brought together clinical, social and lived perspectives on egg donation: exploring the needs and interests of donors, recipients, and donor-conceived people alike...
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.
Why I think PGT-P should be legalised in the UK
Clinical embryologist and fertility clinic founder Dr Cristina Hickman shares her thoughts on preimplantation testing for polygenic traits ...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts equipment used for embryo biopsy.
Donating frozen eggs: Why treatment costs cannot be reimbursed in Australia
Reimbursing egg-freezers for donating their unused eggs is not the solution to donor shortages in Australia, argue Dr Molly Johnston, Dr Ezra Kneebone and Dr Julian Koplin...
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...