New Jersey looks set to become the first US state to require licensing and inspection of facilities that store embryos being used for fertility treatment...
Stem cell therapies may become redundant in repairing cardiac function after a heart attack, suggests a new study in mice...
A court in the United Arab Emirates has ruled that a woman whose husband had a child through surrogacy without her knowledge or consent, is not the child's mother...
Fertility treatments rather than increased maternal age may alter gene expression in offspring, suggests a study in mice...
The first sperm bank in the world for HIV positive donors has been launched in New Zealand...
When we think of designer babies, we may think of genome-edited babies with their DNA cut and spliced, perhaps using CRISPR...
On 6 November, eight individuals with varying views debated the morality of genetics on BBC Radio 4's Moral Maze...
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Does fertility treatment still need to be a medical secret?
by Dr Charlott Repschläger
The latest meeting organised by the Progress Educational Trust asked the question 'Does fertility treatment still need to be a medical secret?' The event in Edinburgh last week, held in partnership with the Scottish Government, took place off the Royal Mile - through a narrow alleyway in Riddle's Court, one of the many old and imposing buildings scattered through the city...