Book Review: Eggonomics – The global market in human eggs and the donors who supply them
Ava Scott-Nadal reviews Dr Diane Tober's book on the global donor egg market...
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Oocyte
A mature female reproductive cell (egg cell), which contains half the genetic information needed to make a new human.
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Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
Increased risk of health issues in pregnancy after IVF or IUI
Women who conceive using assisted reproductive technologies may have a higher risk of maternal complications, according to new research...
Parental exposure to air pollution negatively impacts IVF embryos
Both maternal and paternal exposure to air pollution can have a negative impact on fertility, a study has shown...
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.
The empirical embryo
Building on his presentation at the 2024 PET Annual Conference, Julian Hitchcock discusses how best to define the human embryo for the purposes of law and regulation...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
Event Review: Bob Edwards Memorial Lecture 2025
Dr Kay Elder remembers her work with Dr Robert Edwards and Dr Patrick Steptoe, and the early challenges and successes of IVF...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
Air pollution during fertility treatment affects live birth rate
Exposure to higher levels of particulate matter, in the weeks and months leading up to oocyte retrieval, is linked to lower live birth rate among fertility patients...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
Event Review: Pioneering a Fertile Future
Reluctant heroes and cosplaying sperm? A fun Tuesday evening in Edinburgh really was a game of two halves…
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.
Cell atlas of the human ovary published
Researchers have developed the first-ever spatial map of all the different cell types that make up the human ovary...
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.
Obituary: Dr Elpida Fragouli
Dr Elpida Fragouli, a highly accomplished scientist in the field of preimplantation genetic testing and volunteer writer for BioNews, sadly died at the end of last year due to cancer…
Australia welcomes its first CAPA-IVM-conceived baby
Australia saw the birth of its first baby conceived via capacitation in-vitro maturation or CAPA-IVM treatment last week...