HFEA urges IVF clinics to be more transparent about add-ons
The UK fertility regulator, the HFEA, has called for reforms in the way fertility add-on treatments are offered to patients, according to a consensus statement...
News
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 company accused of fudging people's genetic test results
Seventeen former employees of a genetic testing company, Orig3n, have accused it of not meeting scientific standards and returning inaccurate results...
Google bans ads for 'unproven' treatments from stem cell clinics
Google has announced a new Healthcare and Medicines policy whereby clinics offering 'unproven or experimental medical techniques' will not be allowed to advertise on the platform...
Novel method uses human stem cells to mimic early embryos
Scientists have developed a new device that uses iPSCs to create the most advanced artificial model of early human embryo development...
Fertility clinic ordered to reveal donor list after sperm mix-up
A New Jersey couple is suing a fertility clinic after another man's sperm was accidentally used during their IVF treatment...
Genome-editing shows potential for treating HIV in patient
Chinese scientists have used the genome editing tool CRISPR in an attempt to treat HIV in a patient with blood cancer, for the first time...
Reviews
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.
Event Review: Transforming Medicine - The Promise of Human Genome Editing for Rare and Genetic Disease
At the 2019 FORUM Annual Lecture at the Academy of Medical Sciences in London, Dr John Leonard, president and chief executive officer at Intellia Therapeutics gave an enlightening overview of the work they are doing towards clinical application of genome editing and his thoughts on the general genome editing field...
Comment
Selfish and septuagenarian: when do reproductive rights end?
by Professor Anna Smajdor
A woman in India has given birth to twins. In itself, nothing particularly worth reporting there. Women give birth to babies all the time...
Forgeries of happiness: dishonesty and deceit in IVF
by James Lawford Davies and 1 others
Happily fraud, dishonesty and forgery are seldom features of IVF treatment. But on rare occasions (and for widely differing reasons), some patients are not wholly transparent or honest in their engagement with clinics...