Move to legalise egg donation and surrogacy in Germany
A member of the German Bundestag parliament has called for Germany's laws around assisted conception to be liberalised...
by Jen Willows
A member of the German Bundestag parliament has called for Germany's laws around assisted conception to be liberalised...
Women who suffer from stress linked to infertility when embarking on assisted reproduction are more likely to be prescribed antidepressants, according to new research...
The international commission on the Clinical Use of Human Germline Genome Editing met for the first time last week to discuss the governance and use of embryo genome editing...
by Rachel Siden
California has passed the first-ever bill regulating genome editing technology that targets do-it-yourself CRISPR kits...
Scientists at Hiroshima University have discovered a new sperm separation technique which could be used in future for sex selection...
If you asked me to describe how DNA was discovered, I would probably begin by recounting how Francis Crick and James Watson successfully identified the three-dimensional structure of DNA at the University of Cambridge, in 1953, and end my explanation by discussing the role that Rosalind Franklin played in this momentous scientific breakthrough...
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Do proposals to reform UK surrogacy law go far enough?
by Natalie Gamble
The Law Commission's provisional proposals for surrogacy law reform seek a delicate balance, but do they go far enough? ...
Ovarian tissue grafts to combat the menopause
by Professor Melanie Davies
Ovarian tissue freezing is offered to some young cancer patients to preserve their fertility before chemotherapy or radiotherapy...