Lessons from Uruguay's first gestational surrogacy case
Uruguay's first gestational surrogacy case highlights regulatory gaps and the importance of consistent guidance and support for all involved, writes Dr Paula Siverino Bavio...
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Intended parents of child born through surrogacy submitted misleading DNA test
A UK couple submitted a DNA test result which falsely showed a genetic link between the intended father and the child in their application for a parental order...
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.
'At home' sperm donors can apply to become legal parents in Florida
The Florida Supreme Court has ruled that a donor does not automatically give up parental rights when providing sperm for 'at home' artificial insemination...
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.
Expanded Carrier Screening: How Is It Used? What Are the Ethical Implications?
The first session of 'What Does Genomics Mean for Fertility Treatment?' – the 2025 Annual Conference of PET – explored the growing use of expanded carrier screening...
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.
Donor Conception and Genomics: Sperm, Eggs, Embryos, Mitochondria
The fifth session of 'What Does Genomics Mean for Fertility Treatment?' – the 2025 Annual Conference of PET – brought together clinical, scientific and ethical perspectives on the relationship between genomics and donor conception...
Nearly 200 children born from sperm of donor with cancer-causing mutation
Sperm from a donor who was unknowingly carrying a cancer-causing mutation has been used to conceive at least 197 children across Europe...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
Gene essential for producing functional sperm explored
Disruption to a gene causes malformations to the development of sperm tails, resulting in mice producing no functional sperm...
Image by Bill McConkey via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts sperm swimming towards an egg.
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
Guidelines for management of male infertility published in Australia
The first Australian evidence-based guidelines for the clinical management of male infertility have been published by a panel of experts...