A UK woman has won her case in the UK Supreme Court against an NHS hospital for the cost of surrogacy in California...
A new study characterising the microenvironment of colorectal cancers has revealed a distinct population of cells, residing next to tumour-initiating stem cells, which themselves promote the start of tumour growth in the colon...
A new blood test has been found to detect over 50 types of cancer, using a machine learning algorithm system and circulating tumour DNA...
Academic and industry researchers led by Professor Jennifer Doudna, a pioneer of CRISPR genome editing, have opened a new COVID-19 testing centre at University of California (UC) Berkeley...
The perception of science and its potential benefits for medical progress varies greatly within society, and depends on someone's ethnic or cultural background, as well as their level of scientific knowledge and understanding...
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The UK Supreme Court awards damages for commercial surrogacy
by Louisa Ghevaert
A legal watershed occurred on 1 April 2020 when the UK Supreme Court handed down its judgment in the case of Whittington Hospital NHS Trust v XX. In doing so, it marked an important development and intersection of medical negligence, fertility and surrogacy law in the UK...
Ovarian reserve testing: Should it be used as a decision making tool?
by Moira Kyweluk
There is increased concern regarding delaying parenthood and age-related fertility decline, particularly for women, throughout the US and UK...
FILM: Frozen Fertility - The Challenges of Storing Eggs, Sperm and Embryos (Part 4)
by BioNews
The fourth in a series of films documenting a recent Progress Educational Trust/Scottish Government event on medical, ethical, legal, social and policy aspects of cryopreservation, featuring a presentation by Rachel Cutting of the HFEA...