Understanding Egg Donation: The Give and Take
The latest 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...
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HFEA (Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority)
A UK non-departmental public body established by an Act of Parliament in 1990, which regulates treatment using eggs and sperm, and treatment and research involving human embryos. It sets standards for, and issues licences to, fertility treatment and embryo research centres.
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Egg donation ads breached advertising standards
The UK's Advertising Standards Authority has ruled that a fertility clinic's advertisements promoting egg donation 'trivialised the decision to donate eggs'...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
Understanding human embryo implantation: A research breakthrough
Professor Robin Lovell-Badge – chair of trustees at PET – discusses three new studies exploring human embryo implantation, and argues that while the research represents an important breakthrough, it should not be misconstrued as a step toward ectogenesis...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts equipment used for embryo biopsy.
PGT-A as an IVF Add-On: 25 Years of Controversy
The second session of 'What Does Genomics Mean for Fertility Treatment?' – the 2025 Annual Conference of PET – explored controversies surrounding preimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidy...
Remarks from the Fertility Regulator
The sixth session of 'What Does Genomics Mean for Fertility Treatment?' – the 2025 Annual Conference of PET – saw Julia Chain, chair of the HFEA, give a concluding keynote presentation...
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.
UK couples sending embryo data to USA for PGT-P
Some UK patients are seeking preimplantation genetic testing involving polygenic scores, placing fertility clinics in an awkward position...
House of Lords gets two new clinican members
Professor Geeta Nargund, fertility specialist, and Professor Dame Clare Gerada, former president of the Royal College of General Practitioners, have been given peerages...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
How UK transgender and non-binary people are building families through fertility treatment
When services are accessible and inclusive, trans and non-binary people and their partners can and do engage with the full spectrum of fertility treatment pathways...
Egg donation, egg freezing and IVF: Putting them in perspective
PET welcomes a new Parliamentary inquiry into egg donation and egg freezing, and encourages BioNews readers to respond, but also has some reservations...