Lab-made model embryos triggered pregnancy responses when placed in the uteruses of female monkeys...
A long-running project has provided diagnoses for over 5000 children with rare developmental conditions and has identified 60 new genetic disorders...
Children conceived through egg or sperm donation or via surrogacy who were told about their conception before seven years old have more positive family relationships at 20 years old...
Genetic variants linked to the timing of the onset of labour have been identified, and suggest a tug-of-war between the effects of genes expressed by the mother and those by the fetus...
One in six couples worldwide is affected with infertility at some point during their lives, a report from the World Health Organisation based on analysis of research from 1990-2021 has shown...
Centenarians have unique changes in their immune cell genomes, which may explain their longevity, according to new research...
After virtually attending the Third International Summit on Human Genome Editing, Rebecca Robb revisits some of its most interesting parts in an episode from the Economist's podcast, Babbage...
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Law Commissions' proposals won't achieve surrogacy modernisation
by Natalie Gamble and 1 others
The reforms proposed for surrogacy law in England, Wales and Scotland by the Law Commissions last month, are not as progressive as being claimed, argue Natalie Gamble and Helen Prosser...
Can fertility treatment legislation keep pace with social change?
by Dr Mary Wingfield
As a draft bill for surrogacy is published in the UK, Mary Wingfield reflects on the situation in Ireland and asks if legislation surrounding fertility treatment will ever be able to keep pace with changing attitudes...
PET Podcast: Your Chance for Change – Shaping the UK's Fertility and Embryo Law
by Sarah Norcross
Bringing you PET events as a podcast. In the sixth episode of its podcast, PET looks at the HFEA's consultation on reforming fertility and embryo law, with speakers Peter Thompson, Venessa Smith, Dr Rachel Gregoire, Dr Kay Elder and James Lawford Davies...