Rosalind Franklin's contribution to the discovery of the structure of DNA was comparable to that of James Watson and Francis Crick, according to an unpublished news article and overlooked letter...
A prolific sperm donor who claims to have fathered more than 500 children has been banned from making further donations, and warned that he will face significant fines if he fails to comply, by the district court in The Hague, the Netherlands...
A new 'gene silencing' drug lowers levels of a harmful protein found in Alzheimer's disease, during the first treatment trial of its kind...
Draft legislation banning surrogacy for foreigners in Ukraine during the period of martial law and for three years after, with criminal penalties for noncompliance, is expected to be voted on in coming months...
Thirty donor-conceived people will be able to request identifying information about their donor from the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority by the end of 2023...
One in four women who disclose to their employer they are undergoing IVF treatment are then treated unfairly at work, a survey of more than 3500 women has shown...
Dr Eleanor Taylor reviews a book remembering a seminal lecture that signified the advent of IVF...
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Fertility care in the Gambia: From policy to practice?
by Dr Anna Afferri
Dr Anna Afferri, a UK-based sexual reproductive health consultant, discusses the recently approved new national reproductive health strategic plan in the Gambia...
FILM: Till Death Do Us Part – Embryos and Gametes after Death, Divorce or Separation
by BioNews
This film documents a PET event about legal, medical and practical considerations if people – who have sperm, eggs or embryos in storage – separate from their partner, or if they die...
PET Podcast: Surrogacy Law – What Is Intended... For Parents? For Surrogates? For Children?
by Sarah Norcross
Bringing you PET events as a podcast. In the seventh episode of its podcast, PET looks at proposed changes to UK surrogacy law, with speakers Professor Gillian Black, Beverley Addison, Dr Alan Brown and Alan Inglis...