Man with Fragile X syndrome advertised himself as sperm donor online
A sperm donor who did not explain his genetic condition to the women he helped get pregnant has been named in court, to warn other women looking for donors...
by Jen Willows
A sperm donor who did not explain his genetic condition to the women he helped get pregnant has been named in court, to warn other women looking for donors...
The APOE4 gene variant increases a person's risk of Alzheimer's disease exponentially, though a new protective mutation has been discovered to protect against this risk...
Neither mRNA or inactivated virus COVID-19 vaccines cause changes to syncytin-1 antibody levels in women of reproductive age...
Mutations which lead to the dominance of certain blood stem cells in the over 70s could be behind some of the health issues people experience in old age...
Older women have a better chance of pregnancy from IVF with previously frozen eggs compared to freshly collected eggs, according to a new study...
Hundreds of inherited mutations to BRCA1, a high-risk susceptibility gene for breast and ovarian cancer, have been shown to be harmless...
Olympic gold medallist Tom Daley discusses his experience of parenthood and the challenges he faced starting a family as a gay man...
Dr Elpida Fragouli listened to this BBC podcast about a Texan woman who found out her genetic father was her mother's fertility doctor...
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Fertility Frontiers: What Is a 'Permitted' Embryo in Law?
by Dr Antony Starza-Allen
The question of what is a 'permitted embryo' under the legislation governing assisted reproduction in the UK has received increasing scrutiny as technological progress challenges the concept of embryohood...
Exploring the experiences of individuals conceived by donor conception before 2005
by Dr Catherine Jones
As 2023 approaches, the effects of the law mandating identifiable donation on those who are donor conceived are the subject of renewed debate...