Podcast Review: Naked Genetics — Testing, testing
Dr Kat Arney leads a fascinating and wide-ranging discussion of genetic testing — from testing for cancer genes to whether your child's DNA can predict their future sporting ability...
PGS (preimplantation genetic screening) is a test that can be carried out on IVF embryos, to ensure that only embryos with no obvious chromosome conditions are returned to the woman's womb. Also known as PGT-A (Preimplantation Testing for Aneuploidy).
Dr Kat Arney leads a fascinating and wide-ranging discussion of genetic testing — from testing for cancer genes to whether your child's DNA can predict their future sporting ability...
Panorama's investigation into the use of 'add-ons' in private fertility clinics is a novel mixture of undercover journalism and a high-quality systematic review of the clinical evidence...
by Lucas Taylor
There is a lack of quality evidence on the benefits of almost all fertility clinic add-on treatments, a study published in the BMJ has suggested...
This introduction to ethics in medicine is no dreary textbook, but is a stimulating conversation starter and a welcome addition to any ethics bookshelf...
The One Show's Alex Jones explores her own fertility and looks at the emotional and financial costs of IVF, while also examining the technological and medical advances that may help more people become parents in the future...
There was a captivating debate around the emerging genetic choices, legal framework and ethical issues from the use of PGS (pre-implantation genetic screening) and PGD (pre-implantation genetic diagnosis) at this event produced by the Progress Educational Trust (PET)...
A number of fertility specialists have raised concerns over private clinics offering expensive 'add-on' treatments to patients, sometimes without sufficient evidence of their effectiveness...
by James Brooks
The UK's first baby resulting from an embryo that was screened using next-generation DNA sequencing has been born in Oxford...
by Professor Heidi Mertes and 2 others
The cosignatories of the COGEN consensus statement attempt to refute our remarks and concerns about the increased use of preimplantation genetic screening by presenting the same low-level 'evidence' they continuously use to advocate the widespread adoption of PGS...
It is clear from the reply of Mertes et al in BioNews 835 to the COGEN Consensus Statement on preimplanation genetic screening that some controversy still remains regarding the benefits of PGS...
BioNews, published by the Progress Educational Trust (PET), provides news and comment on genetics, assisted conception, embryo/stem cell research and related areas.