Whole genome sequencing is being used to offer brain tumour patients personalised treatment in a first-of-its-kind NHS trial...
A US couple is suing an IVF clinic for destroying seven embryos by not storing them correctly...
A Colorado-based jury has ordered a doctor who used his own sperm when treating a patient to pay $8.75m in damages, following a civil lawsuit...
Adolescent boys and young men with sickle cell disease are not sufficiently aware of the impact of the disease on their fertility...
Children born to women who underwent fertility treatment are associated with an increased risk of developing asthma, eczema, and other related allergies, despite their parental predisposition...
A stark and real podcast episode that shines a light on the difficulties that women face when they're trying to conceive and undergoing fertility treatment...
The play Yerma is a tragedy of isolation, passion and the desperate desire for motherhood that eventually drives the protagonist to commit a horrific crime...
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Authority Over Assisted Reproduction: What Powers Should the HFEA Have?
by Professor Kirsty Horsey
The UK's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority is tasked by the Government to advise on what changes should be made to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008...
Mother not recorded': the story of Paige's law
by Debra Wilson
Until March 2022 Paige Harris had the unfortunate distinction of being the only child ever born in New Zealand whose birth certificate contained the phrasing 'Mother: Not Recorded'...
FILM: Whole Genome Sequencing at Birth – Workforce Implications for Healthcare Professionals and Beyond
by BioNews
This film documents a Progress Educational Trust event about whole genome sequencing at birth, asking about implications for healthcare professionals if this becomes offered routinely...