Determining when ageing starts, our predicted remaining lifespan, and how long women remain fertile can be predicted from the rate we accumulate mutations as young adults, scientists claim...
Chinese authorities are collecting blood samples from across the country to build a genetic map of its roughly 700 million males...
Women with endometriosis may have epigenetic differences in uterine cells compared to women without the disease...
Private fertility clinics are charging up to £400 for prospective couples to take coronavirus tests, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has learned...
CRISPR genome editing has been successfully used to treat three patients with blood disorders in a clinical trial...
Results from direct-to-consumer DNA testing kits could help identify genes that influence the way COVID-19 affects different people...
The COVID-19 pandemic has become the main medical event of our generation...
In Vitro is a graphic novel written by William Roy, telling the story of a couple’s journey to and through IVF treatment, from the perspective of the would-be father...
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New Year, new job, new challenge: from fertility to frontline
by Courtney Carr
17 February was the first day of my new job as a fertility nurse at Gateshead Fertility Unit. I had just left a job in the critical care department (CCD) where I had worked for five years as a staff nurse...