HFEA to increase compensation for UK sperm and egg donors
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has recommended that the compensation given to UK sperm and egg donors is raised for the first time in over a decade...
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has recommended that the compensation given to UK sperm and egg donors is raised for the first time in over a decade...
Structural changes in a specific protein triggers egg coat hardening after fertilisation, research shows...
Two fertility clinic staff in Israel have been arrested over the transfer of embryos imported from Georgia, carrying a haemophilia B variant...
A new method of creating eggs from skin cells has been demonstrated in mice, and could have potential for treating infertility in future...
A BBC documentary about social egg freezing has accused the UK fertility sector of misleading advertising....
by Ochuko Oyeye
This PET event looked at the ways that trauma can affect a patient's experience of treatment, and explored the ways that professionals who work with them can handle this...
Heralding the technology behind SCBEMs as 'one of the 21st century's most dramatic scientific developments', Professor Emily Jackson's lecture was packed with fascinating legal and ethical commentary...
Despite the pain and confusion it has caused many IVF patients in Alabama, the Alabama Supreme Court's ruling that embryos had personhood, has forced many politicians and legislators in the USA to confront the impact of making reproductive care a political football…
by Harry Hunter
A woman in Ireland who was prevented from becoming the legal parent of surrogate-born twins she has raised since birth will be allowed to seek judicial review of the decision...
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