First UK birth following womb transplant from dead donor
A boy named Hugo has become the first child in the UK to be born following a womb transplant from a dead donor...
News
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.
High Court allows patients to keep frozen embryos, eggs and sperm
The High Court of England and Wales has ruled that several patients' gametes and embryos cannot be destroyed after errors resulted in consent to storage expiring...
Image by Matthew Daniels via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts human cells, showing the stages of cell division.
New approach to delivering gene therapy for cystic fibrosis
A lipid nanoparticle-based gene therapy for cystic fibrosis restores biological function in a preclinical model...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
More fast-swimming sperm observed in summer
Sperm quality changes with the time of year, rather than outdoor temperature, according to new research...
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.
DNA variants that affect gene activity mapped in human cells
More than 13,000 genetic variants that alter gene activity and may contribute to complex diseases have been identified...
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.
Arrests in India over egg donor exploitation
Arrests and official investigations have been prompted by an illegal network in India that seemingly recruits financially vulnerable women as egg donors for profit...
Reviews
Event Review: Testing Embryos – How far should we go?
The first in a series of discussions on human reproduction from the Hastings Centre for Bioethics asks today's most pressing questions about embryo selection…
Comment
Fertility Treatment and Stress: Patients, Practitioners and Outcomes
by Dr Stephanie Santos Paulo
This PET event explored the impact of stress on patients and healthcare professionals during fertility treatment, and dispelled myths linking stress to infertility...
From recognition to adoption: Spain's surrogacy policy shift
by Dr Marcin Śmietana
Spain is now making non-genetic parents of surrogate-born children apply for adoption, explains Dr Marcin Śmietana...
PET Podcast: Donor Conception and Genomics – Sperm, Eggs, Embryos, Mitochondria
by Sarah Norcross
Bringing you PET events as a podcast. In the 43rd episode of its podcast, PET discusses the genomics of donor conception, with Professor Karen Sermon, Professor Stéphane Viville, Professor Dagan Wells, Professor Michael Parker and Debbie Kennett...
FILM: Rare Metabolic Diseases – Advancing Understanding, Improving Outcomes
by BioNews
This film documents a PET event discussing how to improve diagnosis, treatment and support for people affected by rare and inherited metabolic diseases...