Peers have called for law reform during two debates in the UK House of Lords, discussing issues including fertility treatment, surrogacy, embryo research and declining birthrates...
An integrated care board in Kent is reducing IVF provision, and is lowering the upper age limit for patients to be eligible for NHS-funded IVF...
Adults who use e-cigarettes showed differences in gene expression compared with non-users, with many of these changes varying according to the flavour and type of vaping device used...
Patients diagnosed with breast cancer may be able to safely avoid chemotherapy if a genomic test indicates they are at low risk of their cancer returning, according to findings presented at a major cancer conference...
The US Food and Drug Administration has proposed allowing manufacturers of cell and gene therapies to make use of existing scientific and platform knowledge during product development...
Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson has promised to expand state-funded IVF for additional children in his re-election campaign...
BBC Scams and Scandals turns its attention to IVF clinics in Northern Cyprus in this episode, investigating allegations that sperm and eggs from the wrong donors were used in treatment for British families…
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Sweden's IVF debate raises larger questions about our health systems
by Jean Louis Roux
As Sweden's Prime Minister proposes expanding access to publicly funded IVF services, Jean Louis Roux argues that policymakers neeed to design health systems that remain equitable, sustainable and patient-centred...
Patient-centred innovation in assisted reproduction
by Gwenda Burns and 1 others
How can clinical trials aiming to improve IVF respect the intense emotional and physical reality of the patient experience?...
FILM: Ancestry, Ethnicity, IVF Outcomes – Why Do Some Patients Fare Better than Others?
by BioNews
This film documents a PET event discussing disparities in IVF outcomes, and experiences of fertility treatment, between people with different ethnic backgrounds...