A mature female reproductive cell, which contains half the genetic information needed to make a new human. Also known as an oocyte.
How can clinical trials aiming to improve IVF respect the intense emotional and physical reality of the patient experience?...
An integrated care board in Kent is reducing IVF provision, and is lowering the upper age limit for patients to be eligible for NHS-funded IVF...
Falling fertility rates are reshaping societies worldwide. The challenge is no longer simply encouraging people to have children, but creating conditions in which family life feels achievable...
Fifteen people, including five doctors, have been charged in Maharashtra, India following an investigation into the exploitation of financially vulnerable egg donors...
Having seen The Surrogate Mother by Freida McFadden appear on bestseller lists recently, Jen Willows decided to read it, commenting that while the premise draws on familiar psychological thriller tropes, the execution often struggles to maintain plausibility as the story develops...
Testicular tissue preserved before puberty shows signs of being capable to create sperm after being grafted back into the same patient in adulthood, a proof-of-concept study reports...
Dr Beatrice Costa explores Lancaster University's public lecture Sex, Science and Stem Cells, examining how advances in stem cell research, IVG and embryo models are reshaping the future of human reproduction and raising important ethical and policy questions...
Dr Jeremy Koenig, host of the DNA of Things podcast, speaks with Professor Insoo Hyun about how bioethics plays out in the real world, where the most logical argument doesn't always win...
The most recent event from PET brought together a panel of experts to explore what is known about the impact of IVF, and assisted conception more broadly,on the physical and psychological health of patients...
This Queer Family Podcast episode on lesbian IVF journeys, highlights both the emotional intensity of assisted reproduction and the broader social and ethical questions it raises...
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