Computational modelling has been used to describe the molecular interactions occurring at the exact moment of fertilisation, shedding light on a range of unanswered questions in fertility research...
A long non-coding RNA that plays a role in the inactivation of one of the X chromosomes in females, could be behind why autoimmune diseases disproportionately affect women...
No improvement was found by using ICSI for non-severe male factor infertility or when male factor fertility is not the cause of couples failing to conceive, two papers concluded...
Patient-derived tumour organoids can predict how effectively patients with bowel cancer will respond to drug treatment, according to a new study...
Deceased Ukrainian soldiers' sperm does not have to be destroyed, and can be used by their partners posthumously, a legal amendment passed by Ukrainian MPs has confirmed...
The Superior Court of Pennsylvania court has ruled that two women who concieved a child via IVF during their marriage are both legal parents, despite only one being the genetic mother...
'Surrogacy in Latin America' is a follow-up volume to the writers' 2019 book 'Eastern and Western Perspectives on Surrogacy', which looked at international regulation of surrogacy. Dr Zaina Mahmoud reviews it through the lens of the Law Commissions' proposals on surrogacy…
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IVF Add-Ons: How Should We Score the HFEA's New Ratings System?
by Dr Helen Robertson
A recent PET event saw a lively discussion of the UK fertility regulator's new ratings system for 'add-ons' to IVF treatment...
Ethics of germline genome editing to prevent genetic diseases from an Islamic perspective
by Dr Sayyed Mohamed Muhsin and 1 others
Dr Sayyed Mohamed Muhsin and Dr Alexis Heng Boon Chin give an ethical analysis of germline genome editing to prevent genetic diseases based on Islamic legal maxims (Qawaid Fiqhiyyah)...