Image by Bill McConkey via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts sperm swimming towards an egg.
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Egg cell
A mature female reproductive cell, which contains half the genetic information needed to make a new human. Also known as an oocyte.
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UK families treated with wrong donor sperm in Northern Cyprus
Sperm and eggs from the wrong donors were used in IVF treatment for British families at clinics in Northern Cyprus...
Image by Bill McConkey via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts sperm swimming towards an egg.
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
Male Infertility: Today's Insights, Tomorrow's Treatments
The most recent PET event took place in Edinburgh and brought together researchers, clinicians and members of the public to examine advances in understanding and treating male infertility...
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...
Image by Bill McConkey via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts sperm swimming towards an egg.
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.
PGT-P in the UK: The public needs more from the HFEA
'The current position, in which regulatory caution forecloses access to a technology that is already in routine clinical use in comparable jurisdictions, does not serve patients well and deserves scrutiny,' writes Dr Cristina Hickman...
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.
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.
Arrests in India over egg donor exploitation
Arrests and official investigations have been prompted by an illegal network in India that seemingly recruits financially vulnerable women as egg donors for profit...