Gender based prohibitions in the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology (HFE) Act 1990 is the UK's legislation regulating the storage and use of human eggs, sperm and embryos...
A reproductive option that was developed for the purpose of avoiding the transmission of mitochondrial disease from mother to child. It involves creating an embryo using nuclear DNA from the prospective parents, and mitochondria (including mitochondrial DNA) from a donor. It is sometimes referred to as MDT (which stands for 'mitochondrial donation treatment') or as MRT (which can stand for either 'mitochondrial replacement therapy' or 'mitochondrial replacement techniques'). There are also specific mitochondrial donation techniques that have their own acronyms.
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology (HFE) Act 1990 is the UK's legislation regulating the storage and use of human eggs, sperm and embryos...
In the 16 December issue of Nature, researchers reported that the addition of eight transcription factors to pluripotent stem cells converted them into a primary oocyte-like cell...
The Australian Parliament is set to have its first conscience vote on legislation allowing access to mitochondrial donation...
As changes in attitudes, law, and assisted reproductive technology have taken place regarding family structures, Professor Susan Golombok has followed these developments, keeping children's wellbeing at the forefront of her research as she explores the experiences of these families...
The former Labour health secretary Frank Dobson, whose contributions in Parliament helped to pass the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act, passed away on 11 November 2019, aged 79...
At the 2019 FORUM Annual Lecture at the Academy of Medical Sciences in London, Dr John Leonard, president and chief executive officer at Intellia Therapeutics gave an enlightening overview of the work they are doing towards clinical application of genome editing and his thoughts on the general genome editing field...
Rarely a day goes by without the UK media mentioning assisted reproduction and the fertility sector. Whether it's the latest research innovation, the growth in DNA testing and matching websites, the funding and commissioning of fertility services or repor
by Jenny Sharpe
Mitochondria are not as interchangeable as originally thought, with implications for the selection of donors for mitochondrial donation...
Scientists and patient advocates are lobbying US lawmakers to allow mitochondrial donation to be used to help avoid severe mitochondrial disease...
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