Donor stem cells offer hope for congenital heart conditions
Donor placenta stem cells that have already saved a child born with a congenital heart defect could help others avoid multiple surgeries...
Donor placenta stem cells that have already saved a child born with a congenital heart defect could help others avoid multiple surgeries...
The Department of Health and Social Care is currently assessing evidence provided by the Observer newspaper that a surrogacy agency registered in the UK could have broken surrogacy laws...
Gene replacement therapy was used to restore immune system function in children born with a rare immunodeficiency disorder called ART-SCID, researchers report...
Russian troops mobilised to fight in Ukraine will be offered sperm freezing and fertility treatment, it has been announced...
An innovative therapy aiming to treat mitochondrial disease has shown encouraging results in six children...
Artificial intelligence could be used in future as a non-invasive tool for predicting aneuploidy in embryos new research demonstrates...
Egg freezing is by no means the safe fertility insurance policy it is so often promoted as. Dr Helen Robertson reviews the Guardian's Today in Focus podcast on the topic...
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Ten reasons why PET is needed in 2023
by Sarah Norcross
To kick off 2023, PET has asked ten key experts and advocates – working in the UK, the USA, Australia and Singapore – to tell us what they need us to do this year. Their responses have left us in little doubt that PET is needed now more than ever...
Sustainability in reproductive healthcare: Considering the environment outside of the incubator
by Fran Farlie
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