Lesbian couple told by GP to have sex with a man to have a baby
A lesbian couple from Manchester reported they were asked by a GP 'Why don't you just go out and find a man to sleep with?', to have a baby...
A lesbian couple from Manchester reported they were asked by a GP 'Why don't you just go out and find a man to sleep with?', to have a baby...
Two clinical studies, trialing different gene therapies, have improved the hearing of children with a rare form of congenital deafness...
France's president has proposed offering state-funded fertility tests to 25-year olds, as one way to reverse the decline in the country's birth rate...
A worker at a fertility clinic in the Netherlands substituted his own sperm in patient treatments, resulting in at least 11 children...
Men with inflammatory joint diseases, such as arthritis, are less likely to be childless and tend to have more children compared to their healthy counterparts...
The cost of accessing private fertility treatment in England can vary by up to 30 percent, depending on where you live...
by Tom Turner
Using research from both social sciences and genetics literature as support, Ancestry Reimagined establishes realistic expectations about what we can learn from our DNA and the impact of an increased access to ancestry testing...
BioNews, published by the Progress Educational Trust (PET), provides news and comment on genetics, assisted conception, embryo/stem cell research and related areas.
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Access to fertility treatment must be improved and simplified
by Kevin McEleny
The fertility sector has developed rapidly in the 50 years since its inception, yet old-fashioned mores and bureaucracy govern many patients' access and experience, argues Kevin McEleny…
PET Podcast: Fertility Treatment for Single People – Who Should Pay?
by Sarah Norcross
Bringing you PET events as a podcast. In the 14th episode of its podcast, PET looks at whether and in what circumstances single people should be able to access publicly funded fertility treatment, with Dr Sarah Martins da Silva, Dr Alan Brown, Dr Catherine Jones and Professor Guido Pennings...
FILM: The Women's Health Strategy
by BioNews
This film documents a PET event discussing the progress that the UK Government has made to date with its Women's Health Strategy for England...