Surrogacy on the rise in England and Wales
The number of parents using surrogacy to build their families is rising in England and Wales...
News
Regional differences affect access to fertility preservation for children with cancer
Young people with cancer in the UK face a postcode lottery leaving many at risk of missing out on the chance to have children...
Two-drug approach could offer hope to ovarian cancer patients
A clinical trial combining two cancer therapies has shown promising results in patients with low grade serous ovarian cancer...
Artificial mitochondria generate energy and save damaged cells
Artificial mitochondria capable of releasing energy, which can be used to repair damaged cells, have been created, claim a team of researchers...
First genome editing treatment for HIV enters clinical trials
A CRISPR-based therapy developed as a potential cure for HIV has been approved for human clinical trials by the US Food and Drug Administration...
Embryo-like structures created out of human stem cells
A new model of the human embryo made from stem cells has been developed by researchers in the USA...
Reviews
Film Review: Together Together
In Together Together, writer-director Nikole Beckwith presents the complex relationship between Matt and Anna, a couple only in the sense of being two people...
Podcast Review: #GenomicsConversation 2021 – It's complicated! or is it?
It's Complicated! Or is it?' – this is the notion that Dr Michelle Bishop, Amelia McPherson and Dr Ed Miller from the Genomic Education Programme team, a part of Health Education England, are aiming to challenge in this podcast...
Comment
New Zealand fast-tracks consideration of surrogacy law reform
by Debbie Wilson
In November 2020 the New Zealand Law Commission|Te Aka Matua o te Ture announced that a Review of Surrogacy laws had been added to its work programme...
Welcoming surrogacy opportunities in England and Wales
by Dr Kamal Ahuja and 2 others
BioNews readers may have seen the news reports on surrogacy last week which showed that there has been an almost fourfold increase in the numbers of parental orders over the last decade...