Mary Warnock at 100: The Architect of Embryo Law
This PET event marked the 100th birthday of the late Baroness Mary Warnock: described as both a 'philosophical plumber' and 'queen of the quangos' ...
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.
This PET event marked the 100th birthday of the late Baroness Mary Warnock: described as both a 'philosophical plumber' and 'queen of the quangos' ...
Baroness Ruth Deech marks the 100th birthday of the late Baroness Mary Warnock, speaking at the latest PET event 'Mary Warnock at 100: The Architect of Embryo Law'...
by Dr Ellissa Baskind and 1 others
The most northerly fertility clinic offering NHS funded PGT-M and PGT-SR in England is in Nottingham. This means there are now around 100 patients residing in the north of England who are unable to access the NHS fertility services they need locally to avoid transmitting a genetic condition to their children…
by Dr Helena Carley and 4 others
Academics from Oxford University discuss the ethics surrounding preimplantation genetic screening tests, including the use of polygenic risk scores...
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...
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...
by Hannah Flynn
Homerton Fertility Centre in London has had its licence suspended by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority because of 'significant concerns about the clinic'...
by Hannah Flynn
Guy's and St Thomas' Assisted Conception Unit, London, is the subject of an investigation by the HFEA into delays in informing women that their frozen eggs and embryos could be affected by a manufacturing error...
A recent PET event saw a lively discussion of the UK fertility regulator's new ratings system for 'add-ons' to IVF treatment...
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