'Natural insemination' sperm donor named parent on birth certificate
A UK court named a sperm donor a child's legal parent, rather than the mother's wife, because the mother secretly had sexual intercourse with the donor...
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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.
FDA approves cell-free DNA test for colon cancer
A new blood test to detect colon cancer has been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration...
Blood test for male infertility developed using AI
An artificial intelligence (AI) model developed by scientists in Japan can predict male infertility using hormone levels in blood...
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.
Gene therapy for haemophilia A reduces patient bleeds
A new gene therapy reduces bleeding in patients with haemophilia A, according to a clinical trial...
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.
Genetic risk factors for cancer are associated with infertility
A genetic mutation known to increase the risk of various cancers, including breast and ovarian cancers, has been linked to infertility in mice...
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Environmental ethics and medical reproduction
by Dr Cristina Richie
Lecturer in ethics of technology at the University of Edinburgh, Dr Cristina Richie, discuses the ethical issues involved in medical reproduction as it relates to the environment...
Obituary: Dr Stephen Lewis Minger
by James Lawford Davies
Dr Stephen Minger – a pioneering stem cell biologist, who was awarded one of the first UK licences to generate human embryonic stem cell lines – died on 24 July 2024 at the age of 68...
PET Podcast: Where Art Meets ART – Creative Exploration of Fertility Research and Treatment
by Sarah Norcross
Bringing you PET events as a podcast. In the 21st episode of its podcast PET looks at the use of artworks to improve understanding and advance knowledge of the causes of infertility, with speakers including junior and senior researchers, a glass artist and a laboratory manager...